Land To The North Of Fengate Drove, Weeting, Brandon, IP27 0PL Data via plota.co.uk

PL/2026/1292/FMIN - FMIN minor application Pending Consideration

Proposal

The development of land to provide a self-storage park (Use Class B8), comprising 51 self-storage container units (a mix of 10ft, 20ft and 40ft containers), an office/kiosk structure, perimeter fencing, a sliding entrance gate, associated hardstanding, landscaping and drainage provision, to be known as Eco Park Self Storage (Schedule 1) Data via plota.co.uk

View original council record ↗Last checked

Application progress

✓
Received
8 Sept 2026
✓
Validated
5 Nov 2026
Decision
Expected by 31 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 7 Jan 2027 and 5 Feb 2027, from Breckland's recent commercial and major works.

Documents 13

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 4

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea
High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Inside the Brandon (West Suffolk) 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
Not green belt · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 5 November 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) 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
FMIN minor application
Postcode
IP27 0PL
Received
8 Sept 2026
Validated
5 Nov 2026
Ward
Forest
Parish
Weeting with Broomhill
Case officer
Show
Target decision
31 Dec 2026
Decision level
Delegated decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
CHP Architecture Ltd

Decision outlook

Day 6 of the 56-day target. Breckland usually decides commercial and major works by day 80.

Day 674 days to the predicted decision (day 80)
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

Statutory expiry
31 Dec 2026
Breckland
Planning Authority Score
8.6/10
Excellent
#14 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

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