The Nutshell High Street Thornham Hunstanton Norfolk PE36 6LX Data via plota.co.uk

25/00209/TREECA - Works to/Fell Tree in Conservation Area Approved

Proposal

Chestnut tree adjacent to the entrance gate to the property. The tree was last pollarded in 2010. It has now re-grown and overhangs the footpath, highway and neighbouring property. Request is to pollard it again as before. A Sycamore tree, at the rear of our garden, which is multi stemmed and my tree surgeon says it will also be weak, and it is leaning over my neighbour's property and he recommends that the leaning stem should be reduced to ground level. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
5 Sept 2025
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Validated
16 Sept 2025
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Approved
6 Oct 2025

Approved on 6 Oct 2025 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 12 Oct 2026

Site constraints 9

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.
Thornham Conservation Area 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 ↗
8 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Chestnut Cottage and Railings Attached to South, Grade II, about 11 m from the postcode pin · 5 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 ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Special area of conservation about 361 m away: North Norfolk Coast; SSSI about 360 m away: North Norfolk Coast SSSI; Inside the Thornham built-up area; Heritage coast about 200 m away: North Norfolk; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 2 November 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 1

Last sold for £350,000 in July 2006. Semi-detached house, freehold.

7 July 2006£350,000

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

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Important details

Council
Kings Lynn
Application type
Works to/Fell Tree in Conservation Area
Postcode
PE36 6LX
Received
5 Sept 2025
Validated
16 Sept 2025
Ward
Brancaster
Parish
Thornham
Case officer
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Target decision
28 Oct 2025
Decision
Tree Application - No objection
Decision date
6 Oct 2025
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 20 days from validation, 16 days faster than Kings Lynn's median of 36 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 94% of tree and landscaping works here are.

82%decided within 8 weeks
94%approved
345decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 12 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
28 Oct 2025
Env. assessment
No
Kings Lynn
Planning Authority Score
8.4/10
Excellent
#17 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other decisions

Kings Lynn is one of the fastest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #20 out of 296. Only 27% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (95%) than the national average (90%).

Among the fastest councils in England
for householder decisions
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Kings Lynn decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
89%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #133 of 296
95%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #82 of 296
87%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #20 of 296
27%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #41 of 296
76%
Minor dwellings approved
261 decided (1-9 homes)
85%
Major dwellings approved
26 decided (10+ homes)
89%
Change of use approved
44 decided
1,216
Total decisions
131 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.