Land North Of Bunn's Bank Road , Attleborough Data via plota.co.uk

PL/2025/1089/FMAJ - FMAJ major application Approved

Proposal

The erection of 2No. buildings comprising 12No. units and associated infrastructure for B1/B8 use Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
24 Jul 2025
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Approved
25 Feb 2026

Approved on 25 Feb 2026 · Committee · Last checked 18 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Breckland Planning Committee on 24 Feb 2026.

Approved unanimously

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised approval because the employment development was acceptable in principle, design, amenity, highways, drainage, ecology and heritage terms, subject to conditions.
  • Eight letters opposed the proposal, raising concerns about scale, traffic, noise, screening, drainage, lighting, operating hours and overshadowing.
  • Members unanimously approved the application in line with the officer recommendation, subject to the report’s conditions.
Read how the committee decided The proposal, site, officers’ assessment, objections, public speaking, committee debate, vote and decision. Includes the meeting recording

Source: Plota analysis of Breckland's committee minutes of 24 Feb 2026.

Documents 33

Application forms 1

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Application Forms/Certificates (public/redacted) · 4 Dec 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Associated applications 2

Site constraints 2

Agricultural land, grade 3a
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Scheduled monument 51 m away: Bunn's Bank
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.
Historic England ↗
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 2 November 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Breckland
Application type
FMAJ major application
Received
24 Jul 2025
Validated
24 Jul 2025
Ward
Attleborough Burgh and Haverscroft
Parish
Attleborough
Case officer
Show
Target decision
27 Feb 2026
Decision
Granted with conditions
Decision date
25 Feb 2026
Decision level
Committee
Applicant
Show
Agent
PDC Engineering Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 216 days from validation, 136 days slower than Breckland's median of 80 for commercial and major works. Approved, as 88% of commercial and major works here are.

40%decided within 8 weeks
88%approved
13%go to committee

Plota live figures for commercial and major works decided by Breckland in the last twelve months, from validation. Breckland decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Committee
24 Feb 2026
Statutory expiry
27 Feb 2026
Breckland
Planning Authority Score
8.6/10
Excellent
#14 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Major dwellings

Breckland is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #32 out of 296. Householder applications are more likely to be approved here than most councils, with a 98% approval rate vs 90% nationally.

More permissive than most councils
98% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Breckland decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
84%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #216 of 296
98%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #12 of 296
81%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #32 of 296
34%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #84 of 296
54%
Minor dwellings approved
178 decided (1-9 homes)
88%
Major dwellings approved
17 decided (10+ homes)
801
Total decisions
128 refused in the year to March 2026