THE OLD RECTORY County School, Bintree, Dereham, Norfolk, NR20 5LE Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
At the rear of the house there is an avenue of American walnut trees which it is proposed to thin down to the best trees. This will involve removing every other tree to achieve a better spacing and allow the proper development of the canopies of the remaining trees. The trees are young to early mature with a height of 8 or 9 metres. To the west of the house is a paddock and on the southern edge of this is a line of trees incuding alder and prunus spp. These are younger trees that have been suppressed by the woodland trees to the south and have one sided canopies overhanging the paddock. It is proposed to thin these trees down to the better stems which will involve removing 3 or 4 stems. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved in the week of 4 May 2026 · Delegated decision · Last checked 2 Oct 2026
Documents 4
Decision & officer reports 2
Plans & drawings 1
Application forms 1
Site constraints 8
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.
Sales history 3
Last sold for £1,460,000 in March 2021. Detached house, freehold.
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Important details
- Council
- Breckland
- Application type
- TCA Application for trees in a conservation area
- Postcode
- NR20 5LE
- Received
- week of 30 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 30 Mar 2026
- Ward
- Upper Wensum
- Parish
- Bintree
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 11 May 2026
- Decision
- Tree Work Application (CA) - No Objection
- Decision date
- week of 4 May 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Norfolk Woods and Hedges Ltd
Consultation & key dates
- Statutory expiry
- 11 May 2026
Historical activity at this location
31 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Previous applications at this address
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