11 The Street, South Pickenham, Swaffham, Norfolk, PE37 8EA Data via plota.co.uk

PL/2026/0778/TCA - TCA Application for trees in a conservation area Approved

Proposal

Mature Ash (Fraxinus excelsior) - Fell the to ground level and remove all arisings from site Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
4 Jun 2026
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Approved
7 Jul 2026

Approved on 7 Jul 2026 · Delegated decision · Last checked 30 Sept 2026

Documents 3

Application forms 1

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Site constraints 6

South Pickenham 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 2
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 3. 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.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Registered park or garden about 211 m away: Pickenham Hall; Priority habitat about 19 m away: No main habitat but additional habitats present.
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, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) 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.

Building

Floor area87 m² (936 sq ft)
Energy ratingE (42 out of 100), could reach B
PropertyEnd-terrace house, 4 habitable rooms
Built1930 to 1949
HeatingBoiler and radiators, oil
WallsSolid brick, as built, no insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in April 2019, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council
Breckland
Application type
TCA Application for trees in a conservation area
Postcode
PE37 8EA
Received
4 Jun 2026
Validated
4 Jun 2026
Ward
Ashill
Parish
South Pickenham
Case officer
Show
Target decision
16 Jul 2026
Decision
Tree Work Application (CA) - No Objection
Decision date
7 Jul 2026
Decision level
Delegated decision
Applicant
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Agent
South Pickenham Estate

How this decision compares

Decided in 33 days from validation, about the council's usual 35 days. Approved, as 99% of tree and landscaping works here are.

97%decided within 8 weeks
99%approved
321decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
16 Jul 2026
Breckland
Planning Authority Score
8.6/10
Excellent
#14 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other decisions

Breckland is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #32 out of 296. Householder applications are more likely to be approved here than most councils, with a 98% approval rate vs 90% nationally.

More permissive than most councils
98% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Breckland decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
84%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #216 of 296
98%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #12 of 296
81%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #32 of 296
34%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #84 of 296
54%
Minor dwellings approved
178 decided (1-9 homes)
88%
Major dwellings approved
17 decided (10+ homes)
801
Total decisions
128 refused in the year to March 2026

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.