The Old Dairy School Lane Wereham King's Lynn Norfolk PE33 9AW Data via plota.co.uk

26/00117/TREECA - Works to/Fell Tree in Conservation Area Approved

Proposal

1. Indigenous walnut tree current canopy 13 meter diameter. Reduce canopy size to managable size of 7 metres and remove diseased and lower branches. 2. Red common Acer either fell and replace with a 10 year old sapling or reduce canopy size to 30m in height. and prune lower branches by lifting to 2.5m from the ground. This tree is 2 metres from a ground drop at the internal fence of 1 metre. Hence it is putting strain on the retaining ground and fence. Also competes with the two larger trees, walnut and copper beech. 3. Copper Beech tree, branches overhanging the road are to be lifted to a safe height to ensure that tractors and vehicles can safely pass, 3 meters from the road The canopy to be pruned to a safe height of 30 metres. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
3 Aug 2026
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Validated
5 Aug 2026
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Approved
1 Oct 2026

Approved on 1 Oct 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 7 Oct 2026

Site constraints 4

Wereham 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 ↗
Also on the record
2 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin; Inside the Wereham 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 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 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
Kings Lynn
Application type
Works to/Fell Tree in Conservation Area
Postcode
PE33 9AW
Received
3 Aug 2026
Validated
5 Aug 2026
Ward
Wissey
Parish
Wereham
Case officer
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Target decision
16 Sept 2026
Decision
Tree Application - No objection
Decision date
1 Oct 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 57 days from validation, 18 days slower than Kings Lynn's median of 39 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 94% of tree and landscaping works here are.

80%decided within 8 weeks
94%approved
204decided 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

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Last counted 7 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15022083
Planning Portal ref
PP-15022083
Statutory expiry
16 Sept 2026
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