The Old Rectory Church Street Stiffkey Wells-next-the-sea Norfolk NR23 1QJ Data via plota.co.uk

TW/26/0768 - Tree Works in a Conservation Area Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

T1 Beech, Remove Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
13 Apr 2026
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Approved
21 Apr 2026

Approved on 21 Apr 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 5 Jul 2026

Documents 2

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF Decision_twca_no_objections Decision · 21 Apr 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application form Application Form · 13 Apr 2026 View ↗

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Site constraints 9

Norfolk Coast National Landscape
Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.
Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.
Stiffkey conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
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 ↗
Agricultural land, grade 3a
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 4. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Registered park or garden about 21 m away: Stiffkey Old Hall
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
Habitat network: Other Priority Habitats -NEX
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
8 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin; SSSI about 410 m away: Stiffkey Valley SSSI; Priority habitat about 15 m away: Deciduous woodland; Heritage coast about 86 m away: North Norfolk.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 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 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
North Norfolk
Application type
Tree Works in a Conservation Area
Postcode
NR23 1QJ
Received
13 Apr 2026
Validated
13 Apr 2026
Ward
Coastal
Parish
Stiffkey
Case officer
Show
Target decision
25 May 2026
Decision
Raise No Objection
Decision date
21 Apr 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Chris Hotson

How this decision compares

Decided in 8 days from validation, 24 days faster than North Norfolk's median of 32 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 98% of tree and landscaping works here are.

99%decided within 8 weeks
98%approved
430decided in the last year

Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by North Norfolk in the last twelve months, from validation. North Norfolk decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14850542
Planning Portal ref
PP-14850542
Statutory expiry
25 May 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

27 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2024 Approved
T1 Beech - cut down to ground level
TW/24/1419
2024 Approved
T1 Beech - cut down to ground level
TW/24/1419
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2023 Approved
Stiffkey Village Hall Church Street Stiffkey Wells-next-the-sea Norfolk NR23 1QJ
Ti Sycamore - Remove
TW/23/1600
2023 Approved
Stiffkey Village Hall Church Street Stiffkey Wells-next-the-sea Norfolk NR23 1QJ
Ti Sycamore - Remove
TW/23/1600
2022 Approved
Stiffkey Village Hall Church Street Stiffkey Wells-next-the-sea Norfolk NR23 1QJ
Demolition of south section of the village hall and construction of new gable end to buil…
PF/22/2144
2022 Approved
Stiffkey Village Hall Church Street Stiffkey Wells-next-the-sea Norfolk NR23 1QJ
Demolition of south section of the village hall and construction of new gable end to buil…
PF/22/2144
2022 Withdrawn
Meadow Lea Cottage 14 Church Street Stiffkey Wells-next-the-sea Norfolk NR23 1QJ
Alterations to layout of access drive
PF/22/1529
2022 Withdrawn
Meadow Lea Cottage 14 Church Street Stiffkey Wells-next-the-sea Norfolk NR23 1QJ
Alterations to layout of access drive
PF/22/1529
2021 Approved
Meadow Lea Cottage 14 Church Street Stiffkey Wells-next-the-sea Norfolk NR23 1QJ
Quince (A) - fell because in route of access drive. Replant another fruit tree (1.5-1.8m)…
TW/21/3125
2021 Approved
Meadow Lea Cottage 14 Church Street Stiffkey Wells-next-the-sea Norfolk NR23 1QJ
Quince (A) - fell because in route of access drive. Replant another fruit tree (1.5-1.8m)…
TW/21/3125
2021 Approved
Meadow Lea Cottage 14 Church Street Stiffkey Wells-next-the-sea Norfolk NR23 1QJ
To remove a small Elder and replace with 6 woodland shrubs
TW/21/0372
2021 Approved
Meadow Lea Cottage 14 Church Street Stiffkey Wells-next-the-sea Norfolk NR23 1QJ
To remove a small Elder and replace with 6 woodland shrubs
TW/21/0372
2020 Approved
Meadow Lea Cottage 14 Church Street Stiffkey Wells-Next-The-Sea NR23 1QJ
Two-storey side extension and two-storey/single-storey rear extensions including refurbis…
PF/20/1518
2020 Approved
Meadow Lea Cottage 14 Church Street Stiffkey Wells-Next-The-Sea NR23 1QJ
Two-storey side extension and two-storey/single-storey rear extensions including refurbis…
PF/20/1518
2020 Approved
Meadow Lea Cottage 14 Church Street Stiffkey Wells-Next-The-Sea NR23 1QJ
Erection of single-storey side extension (east) and one storey and one and a half-storey…
IS1/20/0604
2020 Approved
Meadow Lea Cottage 14 Church Street Stiffkey Wells-Next-The-Sea NR23 1QJ
Erection of single-storey side extension (east) and one storey and one and a half-storey…
IS1/20/0604
2019 Withdrawn
Meadow Lea Cottage 14 Church Street Stiffkey Wells-Next-The-Sea NR23 1QJ
Two-storey side extension and two-storey/single-storey rear extensions including refurbis…
PF/19/2009
2019 Withdrawn
Meadow Lea Cottage 14 Church Street Stiffkey Wells-Next-The-Sea NR23 1QJ
Two-storey side extension and two-storey/single-storey rear extensions including refurbis…
PF/19/2009
2019 Approved
Meadow Lea Cottage 14 Church Street Stiffkey Wells-Next-The-Sea NR23 1QJ
Proposed demolition & rebuild of dwelling house
IS2/19/0713
2019 Approved
Meadow Lea Cottage 14 Church Street Stiffkey Wells-Next-The-Sea NR23 1QJ
Proposed demolition & rebuild of dwelling house
IS2/19/0713
2019 Approved
18 Church Street Stiffkey Wells-Next-The-Sea NR23 1QJ
Single storey side extension
PF/19/0873
2019 Approved
18 Church Street Stiffkey Wells-Next-The-Sea NR23 1QJ
Single storey side extension
PF/19/0873
2018 Approved
Stiffkey Village Hall Church Street Stiffkey Wells-Next-The-Sea NR23 1QJ
Demolition of part of building and erection of new south elevation and wheelchair access…
PF/18/0236
2017 Approved
18 Church Street Stiffkey Wells-Next-The-Sea NR23 1QJ
Prune back branches from beech tree overhanging shed, prune willow back to main truck & r…
TW/17/0408
2017 Approved
18 Church Street Stiffkey Wells-Next-The-Sea NR23 1QJ
Prune back branches from beech tree overhanging shed, prune willow back to main truck & r…
TW/17/0408
2016 Withdrawn
Old Hall Farm, Bridge Street, Stiffkey, Wells-next-the-Sea, NR23 1QJ
Division of dwelling into 2no.dwellings
PF/16/1663
2016 Withdrawn
Old Hall Farm, Bridge Street, Stiffkey, Wells-next-the-Sea, NR23 1QJ
Division of dwelling into 2no.dwellings
PF/16/1663
North Norfolk
Planning Authority Score
5.4/10
Average
#125 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other decisions

North Norfolk ranks #175 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (96%) than the national average (90%).

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North Norfolk decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
94%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #43 of 296
96%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #56 of 296
61%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #175 of 296
44%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #183 of 296
85%
Minor dwellings approved
113 decided (1-9 homes)
81%
Major dwellings approved
16 decided (10+ homes)
85%
Change of use approved
34 decided
906
Total decisions
56 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings