Whitlingham Hall Kirby Road Trowse Norfolk NR14 8QH Data via plota.co.uk

2026/0010 - Works to TPO trees Approved

Proposal

Tag 0347 Sycamore - pollard at approximately 3.5-4m where previous pollard points can be seen. Silver Maple (tag no, beside 0347) - pollard at approximately 3.5-4m where previous pollard points can be seen. Tag 0254 Oak - To reduce the entire crown by up to 2.5m. bringing the height from approximately 19m to 16.5 and the crown spread from approximately 20m to 15 - 16m. Remove the upright which is approx 5.5m in length on the large limb growing SE to significantly reduce the weight and prevent a limb failure. Tag 0282 Cherry - remove to ground level. Re-planting has already been carried out. Tag 0289 Cherry - To reduce the crown over the pond by 3.5m to give good clearance and bring the crown back in line with the rest of the trees. Crown spread from 8m to 4.5m Tag 0290 Cherry - To reduce the crown growing over the pond by 2.5m, bringing the crown spread 7m to 4.5m. To also remove the large deadwood present within the crown. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
3 Jan 2026
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Consultation
9 Jan 2026
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Approved
2 Feb 2026

Approved on 2 Feb 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 7 Jul 2026

Site constraints 8

3 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Whitlingham Hospital Service Buildings, Block 03, Grade II, about 25 m from the postcode pin · 1 Grade II*, 2 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.
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Historic England ↗
Nutrient neutrality catchment: Yare Broads and Marshes
New homes and overnight accommodation must show nutrient neutrality before approval.
Natural England advice: extra wastewater in these catchments harms protected habitats, so schemes must offset their nutrient load, usually through credits.
Registered park or garden: Crown Point
Nationally designated heritage. Its significance and setting carry great weight.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
Tree preservation order
Consent is needed before work on protected trees.
Not every council has published its orders as open data, so no order shown is not proof there is none.
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.
Also on the record
Local nature reserve about 359 m away: Whitlingham; National park about 216 m away: The Broads; Priority habitat about 44 m away: Deciduous woodland.
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

Application type
Works to TPO trees
Postcode
NR14 8QH
Received
3 Jan 2026
Validated
3 Jan 2026
Ward
Poringland, Framinghams And Trowse
Parish
Trowse With Newton
Case officer
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Target decision
28 Feb 2026
Decision
Approval with Conditions
Decision date
2 Feb 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Agent
Woodmen Tree Services Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 30 days from validation, 6 days slower than South Norfolk Broadland's median of 24 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 97% of tree and landscaping works here are.

99%decided within 8 weeks
97%approved
586decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14597496
Planning Portal ref
PP-14597496
Neighbours
9 Jan 2026
Consultation
9 Jan 2026
Comments by
30 Jan 2026
Statutory expiry
28 Feb 2026
Env. assessment
No
South Norfolk Broadland
Planning Authority Score
5.9/10
Average
#106 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

South Norfolk Broadland ranks #136 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (95%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
South Norfolk Broadland decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
93%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #50 of 296
95%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #71 of 296
67%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #136 of 296
42%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #161 of 296
82%
Minor dwellings approved
137 decided (1-9 homes)
92%
Major dwellings approved
12 decided (10+ homes)
100%
Change of use approved
33 decided
1,013
Total decisions
67 refused in the year to March 2026