Land North Of Hill Farm Wacton Road Forncett St Peter Norfolk Data via plota.co.uk

2025/1152 - Full Approved

Proposal

The installation of a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) including associated infrastructure and landscaping Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 1 Nov 2026, 13:06

Application progress

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Received

9 Apr 2025

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Consultation

5 Nov 2025

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Approved

25 Mar 2026

Approved on 25 Mar 2026 · Development Management Committee · Last checked 19 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Decided by South Norfolk Broadland South Norfolk Development Management (Planning) Committee on 18 Feb 2026.

Approved

As officers recommended.

Officers advised approval because the scheme supports low-carbon energy, with localised impacts mitigated through design and conditions.
The parish council raised concerns about fire, pollution, highways and community benefit, while residents objected on safety, traffic and environmental grounds.
The committee voted 5–2 to approve the battery storage system subject to conditions.

Read how the committee decided The proposal, site, officer assessment, consultation responses, public concerns, committee vote and decision.

Source: Plota analysis of South Norfolk Broadland's committee minutes of 18 Feb 2026.

Documents 117

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF Decision (k) Decision (K) · 25 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Committee report Delegated/Committee Report (K) · 18 Feb 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 23

Plans & drawings 25

Application forms 2

PDF Application form - redacted Application Form (K) · 9 Apr 2025 View ↗ PDF Cil - form 1: cil additional info CIL Documentation (K) · 9 Apr 2025 View ↗

Consultation & comments 56

PDF Natural england Consultee Comment (D) · 5 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF Natural england-annex a to standard letters Consultee Comment (D) · 5 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF Public rights of way officer comments Consultee Comment (D) · 21 Jul 2025 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Public Comment (D) · 18 Jul 2025 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Public Comment (D) · 3 Jul 2025 View ↗

PDF Anglian water Consultee Comment (D) · 25 Jun 2025 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Public Comment (D) · 20 May 2025 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Public Comment (D) · 19 May 2025 View ↗

PDF Parish council Consultee Comment (D) · 16 May 2025 View ↗ PDF Environmental quality team Consultee Comment (D) · 16 May 2025 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Public Comment (D) · 16 May 2025 View ↗

PDF Historic environment service Consultee Comment (D) · 16 May 2025 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Public Comment (D) · 14 May 2025 View ↗

PDF Norfolk county council highways Consultee Comment (D) · 14 May 2025 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Public Comment (D) · 14 May 2025 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Public Comment (D) · 13 May 2025 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Public Comment (D) · 12 May 2025 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Public Comment (D) · 11 May 2025 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Public Comment (D) · 5 May 2025 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Public Comment (D) · 2 May 2025 View ↗

PDF Ncc llfa Consultee Comment (D) · 30 Apr 2025 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Public Comment (D) · 28 Apr 2025 View ↗

PDF Public comment Public Comment (D) · 28 Apr 2025 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Public Comment (D) · 28 Apr 2025 View ↗

PDF Old buckenham airfield Consultee Comment (D) · 27 Apr 2025 View ↗ PDF Environmental quality team Consultee Comment (D) · 25 Apr 2025 View ↗ PDF Anglian water Consultee Comment (D) · 25 Apr 2025 View ↗ PDF Designing out crime officer Consultee Comment (D) · 25 Apr 2025 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Public Comment (D) · 24 Apr 2025 View ↗

PDF Norfolk fire service Consultee Comment (D) · 24 Apr 2025 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Public Comment (D) · 24 Apr 2025 View ↗

Site constraints 10

Nutrient neutrality catchment: Yare Broads and Marshes

New homes and overnight accommodation must show nutrient neutrality before approval.

Natural England advice: extra wastewater in these catchments harms protected habitats, so schemes must offset their nutrient load, usually through credits.

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Conservation area about 11 m away: Forncett St Peter Conservation Area

The edge of the area; work outside it can still affect its setting.

The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.

Council document ↗

National infrastructure project about 1017 m away: Norwich to Tilbury

The site is about 1017 m from the project boundary. Electricity line, examination closed, recommendation due.

Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.

Planning Inspectorate project page ↗

3 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin

Nearest: Forncett St Peter War Memorial, Grade II, about 61 m from the postcode pin · 1 Grade I, 2 Grade II

The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.

Show all 3 with distances

61 mForncett St Peter War MemorialGrade II
76 m1, 2 and 3 Church CottagesGrade II
128 mChurch of St PeterGrade I

Historic England ↗

Also on the record

Public footpath about 29 m away; SSSI about 252 m away: Forncett Meadows SSSI; Radon affected area, class 2; Inside the Forncett St Peter 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 scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 1 November 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate, 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: South Norfolk Broadland
Application type: Full
Received: 9 Apr 2025
Validated: 9 Apr 2025
Ward: Forncett
Parish: Forncett
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 26 Mar 2026
Decision: Approval with Conditions
Decision date: 25 Mar 2026
Decision level: Development Management Committee
Applicant: Show
Agent: Renewable Planning Consultancy Ltd

How this decision compares

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This one350d

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22%decided within 8 weeks

86%approved

10%go to committee

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Public comments

20comments received

18 objecting2 neutral

90% object · above the UK average of 74%

63 neighbours consulted · Last counted 19 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-13918825
Planning Portal ref: PP-13918825
Neighbours: 23 Apr 2025
Consultation: 5 Nov 2025
Comments by: 19 Nov 2025
Site or press notice: 23 May 2025
Committee: 18 Feb 2026
Statutory expiry: 9 Jul 2025
Env. assessment: No

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South Norfolk Broadland

Planning Authority Score

5.9/10

Average

#106 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

South Norfolk Broadland ranks #136 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (95%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

South Norfolk Broadland decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

93%

Overall approval rate

Above avg (87%) #50 of 296

95%

Householder approved

Above avg (90%) #71 of 296

67%

Decided in 8 weeks

Above avg (63%) #136 of 296

42%

Extended time limit

Above avg (41%) #161 of 296

82%

Minor dwellings approved

137 decided (1-9 homes)

92%

Major dwellings approved

12 decided (10+ homes)

100%

Change of use approved

33 decided

1,013

Total decisions

67 refused in the year to March 2026

Land North Of Hill Farm Wacton Road Forncett St Peter Norfolk Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Planning committee

Documents 117

Decision & officer reports 2

Statements & assessments 23

Plans & drawings 25

Application forms 2

Consultation & comments 56

Other documents 9

Site constraints 10

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Important details

How this decision compares

Public comments

Consultation & key dates

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