{"id":376959,"date":"2026-01-18T13:58:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T13:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/376959\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T13:58:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T13:58:08","slug":"plans-to-build-three-homes-between-dereham-and-fakenham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/376959\/","title":{"rendered":"Plans to build three homes between Dereham and Fakenham"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Plans have been put forward to build three new homes on land near Litcham Road in Mileham.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Each property will include an associated garage as well as parking spaces and a good-sized garden.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The application marks the second time that properties have been earmarked for the area after previous plans for seven homes were refused.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  It was said that the development would erode &#8220;the intrinsic character and beauty of the countryside&#8221; as well as be &#8220;detrimental to highway safety&#8221;.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>The location of the proposed development (Image: Jason Parker (Meadows))\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  A planning statement on behalf of the applicant, David Marshall, said the reduction of homes from seven to three was &#8220;more suitable&#8221; for the site.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  It added that the proposed development would &#8220;support the continued use of local community facilities.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The land earmarked for the homes is near the remains of Mileham Castle, a motte and bailey castle\u00a0which was constructed around 1100.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The plans can be viewed in full on the Breckland Council planning portal, using the reference: PL\/2025\/1956\/OMIN.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Plans have been put forward to build three new homes on land near Litcham Road in Mileham. Each&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":376960,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-376959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=376959"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376959\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/376960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=376959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=376959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=376959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}