
Breckland planning committee
Councillor David Blackbourn
LabourSeen at planning committee from August 2025 to September 2026
- 100%attendance
- 5agreed, no vote against recorded
- 20decisions at their meetings
As at 13 October 2026, according to Plota’s analysis of Breckland’s published minutes, Councillor David Blackbourn attended 7 of the 7 planning committee meetings whose minutes list them, from August 2025 to September 2026. On 5 other decisions the minutes record no vote against, so Blackbourn is counted as agreeing; they are left out of the shares below.
- Meetings attended
- 7 of 7100%
- Meetings whose minutes list them as present, sending apologies or absent. Minutes that list only those present cannot show an absence. 7 meetings as a substitute.
- Decisions at their meetings
- 20
- Applications decided at the meetings they sat on, as the minutes record them.
- Agreed, no vote against recorded
- 5
- Decisions the minutes record with no vote against and no count. Counted as agreeing, and left out of the shares.
- Declared interests
- 0
- Decisions on which the minutes record them declaring an interest.
Voting record
The minutes we hold do not give each member's vote at these meetings, so no vote is counted for Blackbourn and no voting chart is drawn.
Attendance
100%
7 of 7 meetings whose minutes list them.
The typical member of this committee attended 93% (the median of 13 members listed at 5 or more meetings).
Every meeting
Each square is a meeting whose minutes list them, oldest first.
Planning Committee: 7 meetings
Show as a table
| Date | Committee | Attendance |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Sep 2026 | Planning Committee | Present as a substitute |
| 4 Aug 2026 | Planning Committee | Present as a substitute |
| 19 May 2026 | Planning Committee | Present as a substitute |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Planning Committee | Present as a substitute |
| 16 Dec 2025 | Planning Committee | Present as a substitute |
| 2 Sep 2025 | Planning Committee | Present as a substitute |
| 5 Aug 2025 | Planning Committee | Present as a substitute |
Decisions
Every application decided at a meeting they sat on, newest first, with their vote where the minutes give it.
- Land Off Festival Road, BillingfordOne permanent Traveller pitch · PL/2025/1607/FMIN Approved Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Land At Banham Road, Kenninghall, NorfolkAttached garage extension · PL/2026/0614/VAR Approved ForUnanimous vote
- ASH LODGE Low Road, Hockering, Dereham, NorfolkSelf-build dwelling · PL/2025/1718/FMIN Approved Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- TOMS MEADOW Fen Lane, Harling, Norwich, NorfolkSelf-build dwelling · PL/2026/0733/OMIN ApprovedAgainst officer advice Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Land At Dykewood Farm, BeestonSolar panel arrays · PL/2025/0998/FMAJ Approved Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Land At Greenfields Road, DerehamRemoval of affordable housing · PL/2025/0448/VARMAJ RefusedAgainst officer advice Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Land At Greenfields Road, DerehamS106 obligations modification · PL/2025/0414/DPO RefusedAgainst officer advice Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Land Off Litcham Road, Mileham3 custom-build homes · PL/2025/1956/OMIN Refused For refusalNo vote against recorded
- ALDER TREE HOUSE Watton Road, Larling, Norwich, NorfolkOne detached dwelling · PL/2025/1785/FMIN ApprovedAgainst officer advice Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- COWSLIP LODGE Drury Lane, Carbrooke, Thetford, NorfolkSelf-build bungalow and cartlodge · PL/2025/1883/FMIN ApprovedAgainst officer advice Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Land To The North Of Lime Kiln House Eccles Road, East HarlingOne new dwelling · PL/2025/1841/PIP ApprovedAgainst officer advice ForUnanimous vote
- 75 Stone Road, Dereham, NorfolkDetached garden room · PL/2025/1730/HOU Approved ForUnanimous vote
- Land Off Hargham Road, ShrophamFour dwellings and garages · PL/2025/0489/FMIN Approved Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- ASHILL FRUIT FARM Swaffham Road, Ashill, Thetford, NorfolkEco-dwelling and garage · PL/2025/0911/FMIN ApprovedAgainst officer advice Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Land At Banham Road, KenninghallSelf-build dwelling and garage · PL/2025/0628/FMIN Deferred Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Land Off West Carr Road, Attleborough5 dwellings · PL/2025/0514/FMIN Refused Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Serendipity Bow Street, Great EllinghamTwo bungalows · PL/2025/0590/FMIN Refused Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- 30 Vesta Close, Swaffham, NorfolkChildren's assisted living home · PL/2025/0404/FMIN Approved ForUnanimous vote
- The Old Queens Head Attleborough Road, Great Ellingham, Attleborough, NorfolkThree self-build homes · PL/2025/0463/FMIN Refused Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
- Land Adj Bens Cottage Bow StreetTwo detached dwellings · PL/2025/0617/FMIN Refused Not recordedThe minutes do not say how each member voted
No decision matches these filters.
In the minutes
What the minutes record Blackbourn moving, seconding, asking or saying on each decision, in the minutes’ own words. Passages that name more than one councillor, or a member of the public, are left out.
The minutes we hold do not quote this councillor by name.
How this is worked out
Everything here is read from Breckland’s published planning committee minutes, 15 meetings from July 2025 to October 2026. A councillor is matched across meetings by the council’s own member number where it has one, otherwise by full name.
Each vote shows how it is known. Named in the minutes: the minutes, or the council’s own recorded vote, list each member with their vote. From the count and the names: the minutes give the numbers and name the members in the minority, and every member present is known. All members present in favour: the minutes say every member voted for it and the members present are known. No vote against recorded: the minutes record the decision with no vote against, no abstention and no count, at a council whose minutes print a divided vote when there is one, so each member present is counted for. Unanimous vote: the minutes call the decision unanimous, or give a count with no one against and no one abstaining, and each member present is counted for. From the meeting recording: the vote was heard on the council’s recording of the meeting and closes exactly with the members present. Where none of these holds, the vote is left as “Not recorded” and is not counted.
Votes are on the resolution the committee passed, so a vote for is a vote with the majority. A vote is a decision on the application in front of the committee, not a statement of the councillor’s views. A percentage is shown only with five or more votes, decisions or meetings behind it.
Source: Plota analysis of the council’s minutes. The party is from the council’s own list of councillors.
Also on this committee
- Nigel WilkinConservative
- Gordon BambridgeConservative
- Michael WestmanReform UK
- Robert KybirdConservative
- Samantha TaylorConservative
- Taila TaylorConservative
- Harry ClarkeLabour
- Peter WilkinsonConservative
- Keith GilbertIndependent
- Annie BlackbournLabour
- Claire BowesConservative
- Roger AtterwillIndependent
- Peter BateGreen
- Jacob MortonConservative
- Mark Kiddle-MorrisConservative
- Sarah TaylorLabour