Remains Of St Marys Priory Sunk Road Walsingham Norfolk Data via plota.co.uk

TW/26/0281 - Tree Works in a Conservation Area Approved

Proposal

T1 - Common Lime (0138), Remove - T2 -Common Lime (0139), Sever Ivy to enable detailed inspection within 1 month - T3 - English Oak (0004), Prune Back to Suitable Growth Point - south and southeast extent of the lowest south limb by 2m - T4 -Atlas Cedar (0111) - Having been subject to several named storms since the last inspection during 2025. I recommend an arborist be appointed to remove instances of dead wood greater than 20mm diameter, also targeting crossing damaged hung up branches. Arborist to inspect limbs and unions, especially the large south limb and its point of attachment upon the main stem. Arborist to document and report any significant defects or areas of concern back to the consulting arborist. Continue to inspect at survey intervals and after high wind/storm events, record date of visual inspections - T5 - Horse Chestnut (0203), Stabilty undermined by river culvert / excavation. Reduce crown height by 6 metres to reduce wind throw as uprooting failure could result in damage to sluice / foot bridge. Within 6months Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 24 Aug 2026, 08:52

Application progress

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Received

6 Feb 2026

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Approved

13 Mar 2026

Approved on 13 Mar 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 6 Jul 2026

Documents 4

Site constraints 6

Walsingham 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 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.

Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Scheduled monument about 133 m away: Ruins and site of Walsingham Priory

Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.

Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.

Historic England ↗

Also on the record

3 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin; Priority habitat about 39 m away: Deciduous woodland.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt

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: NR22 6DQ
Received: 6 Feb 2026
Validated: 6 Feb 2026
Ward: Walsingham
Parish: Walsingham
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 20 Mar 2026
Decision: Raise No Objection
Decision date: 13 Mar 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Walsingham Estate Management Limited

How this decision compares

Decided in 35 days from validation, about the council's usual 32 days. Approved, as 98% of tree and landscaping works here are.

This one35d

Council32d

UK36d

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-14683788
Planning Portal ref: PP-14683788
Statutory expiry: 20 Mar 2026
Env. assessment: No

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%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

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