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2026/2548 - Works to trees in Conservation Area Approved

Proposal

X1 Plum tree - Uplift the Plum tree to a height of 4 metres to remove encroachment into the site and towards the building. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 27 Oct 2026, 12:31

Application progress

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Received

27 Aug 2026

✓

Approved

18 Sept 2026

Approved on 18 Sept 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 24 Sept 2026

Documents 3

Site constraints 8

Geldeston 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 ↗

Article 4 direction

2, 4-11 and 13-21(odds) Geldeston Hill. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.

An Article 4 direction withdraws particular permitted development rights, so work that would normally need no application needs one here. Not every council has published its directions.

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1

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

National park about 98 m away: The Broads

Outside the park; its setting can still be raised.

Landscape, scenic beauty and wildlife carry great weight, and major development is only allowed in exceptional circumstances.

Also on the record

Public footpath about 29 m away; National infrastructure project about 638 m away: Suffolk Water Recycling Transfer and Storage, at pre-application; Inside the Geldeston built-up area; 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 17 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.

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Important details

Council: South Norfolk Broadland
Application type: Works to trees in Conservation Area
Received: 27 Aug 2026
Validated: 27 Aug 2026
Ward: Ditchingham And Earsham
Parish: Geldeston
Target decision: 8 Oct 2026
Decision: No objections
Decision date: 18 Sept 2026
Decision level: Delegated
Applicant: Show
Agent: Ground Control Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 22 days from validation, about the council's usual 24 days. Approved, as 98% of tree and landscaping works here are.

This one22d

Council24d

UK36d

99%decided within 8 weeks

98%approved

811decided 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 24 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-15188388
Planning Portal ref: PP-15188388
Statutory expiry: 8 Oct 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