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Planning appeals in Breckland Council
An allowed appeal is one the council lost. Some kinds of appeal succeed far more often than others, so Breckland Council is compared with the national rate for its own mix.
Breckland Council, raw rate
22.3%
of judged appeals were allowed
Expected for this mix of appeals
29%
national rates applied to this caseload
6.7 percentage points below expected. Breckland Council's decisions are overturned less often than the national record predicts.
518 appeals counted, 498 judged either way (111 allowed, 387 dismissed), 20 judged neither way. These are appeals decided 2016-07 to 2026-06.
By kind of appeal
| Appeal type | This council | National | Cases | Judged | Allowed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planning Appeal | 21% | 28.8% | 432 | 424 | 89 |
| Householder (HAS) | 34.4% | 35.6% | 34 | 32 | 11 |
| Enforcement Notice | 7.1% | 13.5% | 19 | 14 | 1 |
| Tree Preservation Order | 11.1% | 20.6% | 10 | 9 | 1 |
| Commercial Appeal Service (CAS) | 14.3% | 33.3% | 7 | 7 | 1 |
| Lawful Development Certificate | 100% | 36.9% | 5 | 5 | 5 |
9 more appeal types with fewer than 5 judged
| Appeal type | This council | National | Cases | Judged | Allowed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Listed Building Consent & Conservation Area Consent Appeal | Too few judged | 25% | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Rights of Way Opposed Orders | None judged | Not published | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Advertisement Appeal | Too few judged | 36% | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Environmental | None judged | Not published | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hedgerow | Too few judged | 17% | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| High Hedges | Too few judged | 28.5% | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Purchase Notice | None judged | Not published | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rights of Way Modifications | Too few judged | 100% | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Section 106BC (Affordable Housing) | Too few judged | 71.4% | 1 | 1 | 1 |
How we calculate this
Judged means allowed or dismissed. Withdrawn, invalid, split and unrecorded appeals are counted but never treated as appeals the council won. Expected applies the national rate for each appeal type to this council's own caseload. National rates by type are in The State of UK Planning.
Source: the Planning Inspectorate's Casework Database on GOV.UK, not the council's own planning register. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Money behind development in Breckland Council
Developer contributions at Breckland Council
Developers pay into planning obligations at Breckland Council, each sum tied to a purpose in the agreement.
Available is the register's own figure: money banked against a purpose in a signed agreement and not yet paid out. Councils differ on whether it excludes earmarked sums.
| Purpose | Collected | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Open space and play | £3,565,625 | £1,663,799 |
| Health and social care | £884,195 | £487,155 |
| Community facilities | £395,753 | £300,000 |
| Affordable housing | £854,663 | £49,064 |
| Waste and recycling | £28,060 | £28,060 |
| Biodiversity and ecology | £389,077 | £27,123 |
| Flood and drainage | £18,700 | £18,700 |
Source: Breckland Council's Section 106 register, read on 29 September 2026. Figures are the whole of each register as published on that date, not a recent period. Our collected totals match each register’s own published total exactly. Purposes are grouped from the council's own wording.
Affordable housing grant in Breckland Council
What central government confirmed: schemes in the area with Homes England grant agreed.
- Affordable rent23 homes
- Shared ownership9 homes
Source: Homes England Affordable Homes Programme 2021 to 2026, GOV.UK transparency data, as at 31 March 2025. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Grant requested is the figure when grant was confirmed, not money drawn down. Schemes are placed by local authority name.
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