Breckland Council has refused a bid to turn Otterwood Kennels, on Dereham Road near Saham Toney, into a permanent site for 12 traveller families.

Lisa Jay, who has lived on the land for more than 15 years, applied for permission after the council took enforcement action in 2025 when 23 caravans were moved onto the plot.

The site off Dereham Road (Image: Newsquest)

Officers had recommended refusal, warning the scheme would be a “harmful and urbanising form of development” in open countryside.

But the recommendation came despite council documents showing Breckland is short of between 66 and 71........

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