Land East Of Watton Road, Great Hockham, Norfolk, IP24 1PF Data via plota.co.uk

PL/2025/1331/OMAJ - OMAJ Outline application major Refused
Commercial & major worksNew homes

Proposal

Application for outline planning permission for development of car park, up to 12 dwellings, garaging, vehicular and pedestrian access, drainage, and other associated works and infrastructure. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
5 Sept 2025
✓
Validated
17 Sept 2025
✗
Refused
15 Jul 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 15 Jul 2026 · Committee · Last checked 18 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Breckland Planning Committee on 14 Jul 2026.

Refused unanimously

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised refusal because flood risk, drainage, housing growth and unsecured contributions outweighed the benefits.
  • Residents and the parish council raised concerns about the settlement boundary, highways, flooding, the school and parking.
  • The committee unanimously supported refusal and refused the application.
Read how the committee decided The proposal, site history, officers’ assessment, objections, speakers, committee debate, vote and reasons for refusal. Includes the meeting recording

Source: Plota analysis of Breckland's committee minutes of 14 Jul 2026.

Documents 50

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF decision notice Decision Notice · 15 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF 14 July 2026 Planning Committee - Officer's report Delegated/Committee Report · 2 Jul 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 20

PDF Flood Risk Assessment and Drainage Strategy Rev 07 (GHBullard & Associates LLP, July 2026) Refused Plans · 10 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Flood Risk Assessment and Drainage Strategy Rev 06 (GHBullard & Associates LLP, June 2026) Flood Risk Assessment · 26 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Drg No 031/2025/010 Rev P5 - Access & Visibility Assessment Site Plan Layout Refused Plans · 13 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Flood Risk Assessment and Drainage Strategy Rev 05 (GHBullard & Associates LLP, March 2026) Supporting/Supplementary Information/Documents · 12 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Drg No 031/2025/013 Rev P3 - Refuse Collection Accessibility Assessment Refused Plans · 12 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Drg No 031/2025/012 Rev P3 - Fire Tender Accessibility Assessment Refused Plans · 12 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Ecology Comments - 6/1/26 Ecology Comments · 6 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF Arboricultural Impact Assessment December 2025 Refused Plans · 18 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Revised-Flood-Risk-Assessment-and-Drainage-Strategy-Part-2 Amended Plans/Documents · 18 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Revised-Flood-Risk-Assessment-and-Drainage-Strategy-Part-1 Amended Plans/Documents · 18 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Ecology comments Ecology Comments · 30 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF Planning Statement - September 2025 Supporting/Supplementary Information/Documents · 18 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF Biodiversity Net Gain Metric Calculation Tool Refused Plans · 16 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF BNG Habitat condition assessment Supporting/Supplementary Information/Documents · 10 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF Ecological Impact Assessment - August 2025 Refused Plans · 10 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF 031/2025/FRADS Rev 3 Flood risk assessment and drainage strategy - Part 2 Aug 2025 Flood Risk Assessment · 10 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF JB350081 - Design and access statement - August 2025 Design & Access Statement · 10 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF 031/2025/010 P2 - Access & visibility assessment site plan layout - June 2025 Other Plans · 10 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF Desk Study and Risk Assessment - Part 2 Contaminated Land Documents · 10 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF 106428 - Desk Study and risk Assessment August 2025 Refused Plans · 10 Sept 2025 View ↗

Plans & drawings 9

PDF 2026-03-11 Legal-Opinion from Howes Percival regarding Anglian Water comments Refused Plans · 12 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Drg No 031/2025/011 Rev P3 - Proposed Development Access Road and Car Park Controls Refused Plans · 12 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Drg No JB350081 LP01B Location Plan Refused Plans · 12 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Drg No JB350081-SL05 Illustrative Site Layout Refused Plans · 12 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Designer Response to Highway Authority Comments (GH Bullard & Associates LLP, November 2025) Refused Plans · 22 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF JB350081-SL04-Illustrative-Site-Layout December 2025 Amended Plans/Documents · 18 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF JB350081-LP01A-Location-Plan December 2025 Amended Plans/Documents · 18 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF 031-2025-010-P4 Site Plan Layout December 2025 Amended Plans/Documents · 18 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Healthy Planning Checklist Refused Plans · 18 Sept 2025 View ↗

Application forms 3

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Application Forms/Certificates (public/redacted) · 12 Mar 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Application Forms/Certificates (public/redacted) · 22 Dec 2025 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Application Forms/Certificates (public/redacted) · 10 Sept 2025 View ↗

Consultation & comments 15

PDF Anglian Water Comments Anglian Water Comments · 15 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Tree Officer Comments Tree Officer Comments · 13 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Tree Officer Comments Tree Officer Comments · 13 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Environment Agency Comment Environment Agency Comments · 30 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF NCC Highway Comments Highway Comments · 23 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Historic Environment Comments Historic Environment Service Comments · 23 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Anglian Water comments Anglian Water Comments · 26 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF Hockham Parish Council Comments 16.1.26 Town/Parish Council Comments · 16 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF Historic Environment Services comments Historic Environment Service Comments · 14 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF Highway comments Highway Comments · 13 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF Natural England response Natural England Comments · 12 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF Highways comments Highway Comments · 23 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Historic Environment Service comments Historic Environment Service Comments · 17 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF Great Hockham Parish Council Comments Town/Parish Council Comments · 16 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF Highway comments Highway Comments · 8 Oct 2025 View ↗

Other documents 1

PDF Letter from G H Bullard - Traffic Consultants Supporting/Supplementary Information/Documents · 10 Sept 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 2

Also on the record
Inside the Great Hockham built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
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
OMAJ Outline application major
Postcode
IP24 1PF
Received
5 Sept 2025
Validated
17 Sept 2025
Ward
All Saints and Wayland
Parish
Great Hockham
Case officer
Show
Target decision
17 Jul 2026
Decision
Refused
Decision date
15 Jul 2026
Decision level
Committee
Applicant
Show
Agent
Locus Planning Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 301 days from validation, 221 days slower than Breckland's median of 80 for commercial and major works. Refused, as 12% 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
14 Jul 2026
Statutory expiry
17 Jul 2026

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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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings