The Lookout Mill Road Stalham Norfolk NR12 9BT Data via plota.co.uk

BA/2025/0264/TCAA - Works to Trees In a Conservation Area Approved

Proposal

T1 (zone A): Willow - crown lift to 1m above river. Crown reduction from 12m to 10m. T2 (zone B): Ash - crown thin by 20%. G1(zone C): Willow & Alder - re-pollard between 2.9m and 3.5m. G2 (zone D): Willow & Alder - re-pollard to between 3.8m and 4.1m. G3 (zone E): Willow & Alder - re-pollard to a height of 4m. T3 (zone F): Willow - re-pollard to between 6.3m and 7.4m. T4 (zone G): Larch - crown reduction from 15m to 10m. G4 (zone H): Alder & Willow - re-pollard to between 4.2m and 4.5m. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
15 Sept 2025
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Validated
22 Sept 2025
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Consultation
30 Oct 2025
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Approved
30 Oct 2025

Approved on 30 Oct 2025 · Tree Decision · Last checked 11 Oct 2026

Site constraints 7

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.
The Broads National Park
The park authority decides applications here. Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.
Landscape, scenic beauty and wildlife carry great weight, and major development is only allowed in exceptional circumstances.
Stalham Staithe 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 ↗
In flood zones plus climate change
Inside the extent flood zones 2 and 3 could reach with climate change: the Central allowance for the 2080s on rivers, the Upper End allowance for sea level rise to 2125. From the sea. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Councils use it to decide when a flood risk assessment and the sequential test are needed. It is indicative and does not show whether a particular property will flood.
Flood map ↗
Also on the record
Special protection area about 447 m away: Broadland; SSSI about 447 m away: Ant Broads and Marshes SSSI; Inside the Stalham built-up area.
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.

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Important details

Council
Broads
Application type
Works to Trees In a Conservation Area
Postcode
NR12 9BT
Received
15 Sept 2025
Validated
22 Sept 2025
Ward
Stalham Ward
Parish
Stalham Town Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
3 Nov 2025
Decision
No Objection to Tree Works
Decision date
30 Oct 2025
Decision level
Tree Decision
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 38 days from validation, 6 days slower than Broads's median of 32 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 99% of tree and landscaping works here are.

99%decided within 8 weeks
99%approved
97decided in the last year

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

Public comments

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2 neighbours consulted · Last counted 11 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Neighbours
24 Sept 2025
Consultation
30 Oct 2025
Comments by
30 Oct 2025
Statutory expiry
3 Nov 2025
Env. assessment
No