Dickleburgh and Rushall Parish Council has prepared a Neighbourhood Plan. It will help guide and shape future development across the parish.

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The Dickleburgh and Rushall Neighbourhood Plan was made (adopted) by South Norfolk Council on 18 May 2026. This follows a local referendum on Thursday 19 March, where 86.8% of those voting did so in favour of the Plan. This means that the document now forms part of the statutory Development Plan for the district and it will be used in order to help determine planning applications within the parish.

Please view the adopted Neighbourhood Plan and related documents by clicking on the ‘documents’ link below.

Background

Following designation of its neighbourhood area in 2017 and extensive evidence gathering and community and stakeholder consultations, Dickleburgh and Rushall Parish Council submitted its proposed Neighbourhood Plan and other required documents to South Norfolk Council in January 2025. The submitted documents were checked by the local planning authority against the relevant criteria in Schedule 4B of the Town & Country Planning Act 1990 and were approved for publication.

In accordance with Regulation 16 of the Neighbourhood Planning (General) Regulations, 2012 (as amended), there followed a period of consultation on the Neighbourhood Plan, which took place between 24th February and 7th April 2025. A summary of the representations received during the consultation can be viewed in the documents section, below.

The Neighbourhood Plan was subsequently subject to an independent examination which was undertaken by Mr Andrew Ashcroft of Andrew Ashcroft Planning Ltd. In July 2025, Mr Ashcroft issued a ‘Notification of the need for a Hearing’ to South Norfolk Council and Dickleburgh & Rushall Parish Council. The hearing took place on Thursday 16 October 2025 at Dickleburgh Village Centre and addressed certain key matters as directed by the examiner. The hearing notices and other formal correspondence relating to the examination have been published in the documents section, below.

Mr Ashcroft submitted his final report to South Norfolk Council in December 2025, recommending that (subject to the specific modifications set out in his report) South Norfolk Council progresses the Neighbourhood Plan to a referendum within the parish.

South Norfolk Council subsequently made a decision to approve each of the examiner’s recommendations and to allow the Neighbourhood Plan, as modified, to proceed to a referendum. Following a successful result at referendum, the Neighbourhood Plan now forms part of the statutory Development Plan.

View the Neighbourhood Plan documents.