\n The development, put forward by Mr Palmer, would be located adjacent to Mill Lane in Whissonsett.\n<\/p>\n
\n The homes, between Dereham and Fakenham, are due to consist of two single-storey units on the eastern side of the site.\n<\/p>\n
\n Two one-and-a-half storey properties have also been proposed on the western side of the site.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\n However, concerns were raised by Norfolk County Council as the local highway authority which said the plans should be refused.\n<\/p>\n
\n The proposed development was highlighted as being “remote from local service facilities” and offering “limited opportunity to encourage travel by sustainable modes of transport”.\n<\/p>\n
\n The authority added: “It is acknowledged that there is a mobile post office which visits Whissonsett, however this offers a very limited service.\n<\/p>\n
\n “The nearest doctors surgery, dentists, schools, vets and shops are located variously in Brisley, Litcham, Fakenham and Dereham, requiring a round trip of between six and 20 miles”.\n<\/p>\n
\n There were also objections regarding the width of Mill Lane, saying that the carriageway would need to be widened to accommodate the introduction of further traffic brought by the development.\n<\/p>\n
\n Concerns were raised about the development being ‘remote from local service facilities’ (Image: Newsquest)\n<\/p>\n
\n A planning, design and access statement on behalf of the applicant said that the homes would represent “a sustainable form of development”.\n<\/p>\n
\n The statement added that the development would help to support the services and facilities within the local area and contribute to supporting the local community.\n<\/p>\n
\n It was also mentioned that the homes will be self-build properties, which the statement said had benefits that would outweigh any possible harm that could be caused.\n<\/p>\n
\n A decision on the outline application is due to be made by Breckland Council at a later date.\n<\/p>\n
\n The proposals can be viewed in full on the council’s planning portal, using the reference PL\/2026\/0253\/OMIN.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The development, put forward by Mr Palmer, would be located adjacent to Mill Lane in Whissonsett. The homes,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":449454,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-472193","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-environment","9":"tag-science","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=472193"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472193\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/449454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=472193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=472193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=472193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}