Vale Farm 22 Bridge Street Stiffkey Wells-next-the-sea Norfolk NR23 1QP Data via plota.co.uk

TW/26/1369 - Tree Works in a Conservation Area Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

T1 -Sycamore (15M), Remove and replant with native trees in a more suitable location of the same copse. Reason for removal being the tree has grown in the shade of larger more mature and competitive trees, causing the tree to be suppressed leaving it one sided and on a lean very close to an old stone wall. Plans to replace and replant native tree variety in a more suitable spot in the same collection of trees. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
29 Jun 2026
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Approved
19 Aug 2026

Approved on 19 Aug 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 20 Aug 2026

Documents 3

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF Decision_twca_no_objections Decision · 19 Aug 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application form Application Form · 29 Jun 2026 View ↗

Other documents 1

PDF Sycamore tree (t1) Photo · 29 Jun 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 8

18 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: 19, Bridge Street, Grade II, the postcode pin is inside its outline · 1 Grade II*, 17 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 ↗
Flood zone 3, rivers and sea
High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Norfolk Coast National Landscape
Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.
Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.
Stiffkey 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.
Also on the record
Registered park or garden about 125 m away: Stiffkey Old Hall; Heritage coast about 214 m away: North Norfolk.
Not affected
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

Council
North Norfolk
Application type
Tree Works in a Conservation Area
Postcode
NR23 1QP
Received
29 Jun 2026
Validated
29 Jun 2026
Ward
Coastal
Parish
Stiffkey
Case officer
Show
Target decision
10 Aug 2026
Decision
Raise No Objection
Decision date
19 Aug 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 51 days from validation, 19 days slower than North Norfolk's median of 32 for tree and landscaping works. 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 →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 20 Aug 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15042265
Planning Portal ref
PP-15042265
Statutory expiry
10 Aug 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

27 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Approved
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TW/25/0134
2025 Approved
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TW/25/0134
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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2024 Approved
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2024 Approved
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2024 Approved
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2024 Approved
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Internal and external alterations including removal/installation of partition walls to en…
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2023 Approved
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2023 Approved
Lodge Barn Bridge Street Stiffkey Wells-next-the-sea Norfolk NR23 1QP
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2023 Approved
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T1 - Eucalyptus tree, Lift canopy to around 7 meters to allow for farm traffic, remove br…
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2023 Approved
Apple Cottage 26 Bridge Street Stiffkey Wells-next-the-sea Norfolk NR23 1QP
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2023 Approved
The Manor House 21 Bridge Street Stiffkey Wells-next-the-sea Norfolk NR23 1QP
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2023 Approved
The Manor House 21 Bridge Street Stiffkey Wells-next-the-sea Norfolk NR23 1QP
T1 tilia (lime) to reduce the canopy where it extends over the wall (west aspect of the c…
TW/23/0636
2021 Approved
Pip Cottage 26A Bridge Street Stiffkey Norfolk NR23 1QP
Replacement domestic outbuilding to rear of dwelling
PF/21/2233
2021 Approved
Pip Cottage 26A Bridge Street Stiffkey Norfolk NR23 1QP
Replacement domestic outbuilding to rear of dwelling
PF/21/2233
2021 Approved
Valley Cottage 19 Bridge Street Stiffkey Norfolk NR23 1QP
Internal alterations and door and window replacement
LA/21/1246
2021 Approved
Valley Cottage 19 Bridge Street Stiffkey Norfolk NR23 1QP
Internal alterations and door and window replacement
LA/21/1246
2019 Approved
3 Bridge Street Stiffkey Wells-Next-The-Sea NR23 1QP
Demolition of porch and erection of single storey rear extension
PF/19/1923
2019 Approved
3 Bridge Street Stiffkey Wells-Next-The-Sea NR23 1QP
Demolition of porch and erection of single storey rear extension
PF/19/1923
2019 Approved
3 Bridge Street Stiffkey Wells-Next-The-Sea NR23 1QP
Demolition of porch and erection of single storey rear extension, fenestration changes an…
LA/19/1924
2019 Approved
3 Bridge Street Stiffkey Wells-Next-The-Sea NR23 1QP
Demolition of porch and erection of single storey rear extension, fenestration changes an…
LA/19/1924
2017 Approved
17 Bridge Street Stiffkey Wells-Next-The-Sea NR23 1QP
Extend rear extension to infill gap, plus internal alterations including demolition of in…
LA/17/0367
2017 Approved
17 Bridge Street Stiffkey Wells-Next-The-Sea NR23 1QP
To re-pollard a willow tree
TW/17/0145
2017 Approved
17 Bridge Street Stiffkey Wells-Next-The-Sea NR23 1QP
To re-pollard a willow tree
TW/17/0145
2016 Approved
7 Bridge Street Stiffkey Wells-Next-The-Sea NR23 1QP
To remove a bay tree
TW/16/0479
2016 Approved
7 Bridge Street Stiffkey Wells-Next-The-Sea NR23 1QP
To remove a bay tree
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North Norfolk
Planning Authority Score
5.4/10
Average
#125 of 296 councils
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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%).

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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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings