2 Church Cottages Church Road Gillingham Norfolk NR34 0ND Data via plota.co.uk

2026/1326 - Works to trees in Conservation Area Approved

Proposal

11 x conifers (approx. 9-10m tall) reduce height to 3-4m; 1 x Elm (approx. 8m tall) reduce height to 3-4m. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

8 May 2026

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Validated

26 May 2026

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Approved

9 Jul 2026

Approved on 9 Jul 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 9 Sept 2026

Documents 4

Site constraints 7

Gillingham 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.

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Habitat network: Other Priority Habitats -NEX

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Also on the record

3 listed buildings within 150 m; National park 295 m away: The Broads; Priority habitat 10 m away: Deciduous woodland; National infrastructure project 1065 m away: Suffolk Water Recycling Transfer and Storage, at pre-application; 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 6 October 2026. 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.

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Important details

Council: South Norfolk Broadland
Application type: Works to trees in Conservation Area
Postcode: NR34 0ND
Received: 8 May 2026
Validated: 26 May 2026
Ward: Thurlton
Parish: Gillingham
Target decision: 7 Jul 2026
Decision: No objections
Decision date: 9 Jul 2026
Decision level: Delegated
Applicant: Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 44 days from validation, 20 days slower than South Norfolk Broadland's median of 24 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 98% of tree and landscaping works here are.

This one44d

Council24d

UK36d

99%decided within 8 weeks

98%approved

593decided 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 →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 9 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-14920713
Planning Portal ref: PP-14920713
Statutory expiry: 7 Jul 2026
Env. assessment: No

South Norfolk Broadland

Planning Authority Score

5.9/10

Average

#106 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Other 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