Stonewall Cottage The Street Brinton Melton Constable Norfolk NR24 2QF Data via plota.co.uk

TW/26/0209 - Tree Works in a Conservation Area Approved

Proposal

T1 Apple - Has been pollarded at approximately 4.5m in height and 6m of crown spread. Re-pollard and reduce height and crown spread by a further 2m as tree is located in a narrow part of the garden. T2 Holly - Reduce height by 2m and crown spread by 1.5m Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
30 Jan 2026
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Approved
2 Mar 2026

Approved on 2 Mar 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 6 Jul 2026

Site constraints 3

Brinton conservation area
Also Glaven Valley. 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.
10 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Thatched House, Grade II, about 37 m from the postcode pin · 1 Grade I, 6 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
Show all 10 with distances
  • 37 mThatched HouseGrade II
  • 65 mChurch HouseGrade II
  • 71 mChurch FarmhouseGrade II
  • 76 mPagesGrade II
  • 83 mChurch of St AndrewGrade I
  • 86 mOrchards and Walled Garden East Of St Andrews Church The Green Brinton Norfolk
  • 93 mThe CoppiceGrade II
  • 93 mIron Estate Railings and Gate To Brinton Hall The Green Stody Road Brinton Melton Constable Norfolk NR24 2QH
  • 131 mBarn At Home Farmhouse The Street (South Of The Green) Brinton Norfolk
  • 136 mBrinton HallGrade II
Historic England ↗
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.

Sales history 3

Last sold for £405,000 in September 2019. Detached house, freehold.

5 September 2019£405,000
8 September 2014£330,000
25 June 2004£240,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Application type
Tree Works in a Conservation Area
Postcode
NR24 2QF
Received
30 Jan 2026
Validated
30 Jan 2026
Ward
Stody
Parish
Brinton and Sharrington
Case officer
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Target decision
13 Mar 2026
Decision
Raise No Objection
Decision date
2 Mar 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
Ben Dixon

How this decision compares

Decided in 31 days from validation, about the council's usual 32 days. 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-14612811
Planning Portal ref
PP-14612811
Statutory expiry
13 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

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.