Land At E572391 N297113 Brook Lane Brookville Norfolk Data via plota.co.uk

Approved 25/01068/FM
Council
Kings Lynn 8.4/10
Date received
23 Jun 2025
Date validated
9 Jul 2025

Description

Construction, operation, maintenance and eventual decommissioning of up to a 15MW Solar Farm comprising the construction of solar panels mounted on metal frames, invertors, spares container, substation, auxiliary transformer, DNO substation, new access tracks, underground cabling, perimeter fencing with CCTV cameras and access gates, temporary construction compound, landscaping, and all ancillary grid infrastructure and associated site works Data via plota.co.uk

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Planning committee

Decided by Kings Lynn Planning Committee on 6 Oct 2025.

Approved by 8 votes to 4

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised approval because renewable-energy benefits outweighed limited, temporary harm, with impacts addressed through conditions.
  • The parish council requested community funding and biodiversity measures, while five objections raised concerns about farming, landscape, wildlife and traffic.
  • The committee approved the application by 8 votes to 4, with one abstention, subject to amended conditions 2 and 6.
Read how the committee decided The proposal, site and history, officers’ assessment, consultation responses, objections, committee debate, vote and decision. Includes the meeting recording

Source: Plota analysis of Kings Lynn's committee minutes of 6 Oct 2025.

Site constraints 2

Agricultural land, grade 2
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.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 1 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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Kings Lynn
Planning Authority Score
8.4/10
Excellent
#17 of 296 councils
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Householder decisions

Kings Lynn is one of the fastest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #20 out of 296. Only 27% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (95%) than the national average (90%).

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Kings Lynn decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
89%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #133 of 296
95%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #82 of 296
87%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #20 of 296
27%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #41 of 296
76%
Minor dwellings approved
261 decided (1-9 homes)
85%
Major dwellings approved
26 decided (10+ homes)
89%
Change of use approved
44 decided
1,216
Total decisions
131 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings