The Old Rectory Knapton Road Swafield North Walsham Norfolk NR28 0RP Data via plota.co.uk

TW/26/1268 - Tree works subject to a TPO Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

G1 - Crown lift to 4.5m on all trees overhanging the drive on trees with in 3m of the drive. Allow clearance for access. G2 - Various trees/hedging - Clear B.T. wire. G3 - Group of dying Acacias - Fell. Poor condition. G4 - Various trees overhanging barn - Clear buliding by 2m. Rubbing on building. T1 - Yew - Reduce sides by 1.5m from 6m to 4.5m. Overhanging conservatory. G5 - Group of Conifers - Reduce height from 22m to 14m. Blocking light. T2 - Bay - Coppice at 1m. Poor condition. T3 - Laurel - Coppice at 1m. Poor condition. T4 - Acacia - Fell. Poor condition. G6 - 2x Beech, 1x Redwood - Crown lift to 4.5m over lawn. Allow more light to the lawn. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
11 Jun 2026
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Validated
12 Jun 2026
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Approved
23 Jun 2026

Approved on 23 Jun 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 5 Jul 2026

Documents 2

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF Decision_twtpo_permit Decision · 23 Jun 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application form Application Form · 11 Jun 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 6

2 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Barn 40 Metres South West of the Beeches, Grade II, the postcode pin is inside its outline · 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: Ant 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.
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) agrees.
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.
National infrastructure project about 1015 m away: Norfolk Boreas
The site is about 1015 m from the project boundary. Generating station, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted. Also within 2 km: Norfolk Vanguard (decided, about 1015 m).
Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.
Planning Inspectorate project page ↗
Also on the record
Local nature reserve about 397 m away: Pigney's Wood.
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, the Planning Inspectorate 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 2

Last sold for £1,000,000 in October 2016. Other property, freehold.

More than one property is recorded at this address: HM Land Registry does not always give the flat or unit.

19 October 2016£1,000,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale
27 August 1999£285,000Detached house

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

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Important details

Council
North Norfolk
Application type
Tree works subject to a TPO
Postcode
NR28 0RP
Received
11 Jun 2026
Validated
12 Jun 2026
Ward
Trunch
Parish
Swafield
Case officer
Show
Target decision
7 Aug 2026
Decision
Approve
Decision date
23 Jun 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
R Bell UK Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 11 days from validation, 21 days faster 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 →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15003874
Planning Portal ref
PP-15003874
Statutory expiry
7 Aug 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

4 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2018 Withdrawn
INV RLJ - Parc Haus, Knapton Road, Swafield, North Walsham, NR28 0RP
Non-material amendment to planning permission PF/16/1742 reduction to the glazing to livi…
NMA1/16/1742
2018 Withdrawn
INV RLJ - Parc Haus, Knapton Road, Swafield, North Walsham, NR28 0RP
Non-material amendment to planning permission PF/16/1742 reduction to the glazing to livi…
NMA1/16/1742
2016 Withdrawn
Parc Haus, Knapton Road, Swafield, North Walsham, NR28 0RP
Discharge of conditions 8(bat licence), 9(protected species) & 12(landscaping) of PF/15/1…
CDA/15/1051
2016 Withdrawn
Parc Haus, Knapton Road, Swafield, North Walsham, NR28 0RP
Discharge of conditions 8(bat licence), 9(protected species) & 12(landscaping) of PF/15/1…
CDA/15/1051
North Norfolk
Planning Authority Score
5.4/10
Average
#125 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder 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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

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