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2026/2586 - Works to trees in Conservation Area Approved

Proposal

T16 - Ash Tree (height 23m width 13m) - remove hanging branch, reduce crown growth on eastern and western sides by 1.5-2m Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

2 Sept 2026

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Approved

28 Sept 2026

Approved on 28 Sept 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 29 Sept 2026

Documents 5

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF Decision (k) Decision (K) · 28 Sept 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application form redacted Application Form (K) · 2 Sept 2026 View ↗

Site constraints 9

Grade I listed: The Parish Church of St Agnes

List entry 1263465 · 7 m away · 9 more listed buildings within 150 m (1 Grade II*, 8 Grade II)

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.

Show the other 9 with distances

39 mBoundary Wall Between the Old Rectory and ChurchyardGrade II
54 mThe Old RectoryGrade II
74 mChurch FarmhouseGrade II
98 m14, 16 and 18, High StreetGrade II
102 mCooks ShopGrade II
108 mThe BellGrade II
117 m22, 24 and 26, High StreetGrade II
120 mAdjoining House to East the PoplarsGrade II
129 mBank Cottage and Oak HouseGrade II*

Historic England ↗

Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Wensum SAC

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.

Cawston 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 ↗

Public footpath 21 m away

Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.

Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.

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 infrastructure project 758 m away: Sheringham and Dudgeon Extension Projects

The site is 758 m from the project boundary. Generating station, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted. Also within 2 km: Norfolk Vanguard (decided, 801 m); Norfolk Boreas (decided, 826 m); Hornsea Project Three Offshore Wind Farm (decided, 1513 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

Heritage at risk 6 m away: Parish Church of St Agnes, Church Lane; Inside the Cawston (Broadland) built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 2, 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
Received: 2 Sept 2026
Validated: 2 Sept 2026
Ward: Eynesford
Parish: Cawston
Target decision: 14 Oct 2026
Decision: No objections
Decision date: 28 Sept 2026
Decision level: Delegated
Applicant: Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 26 days from validation, about the council's usual 24 days. Approved, as 98% of tree and landscaping works here are.

This one26d

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 29 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-15196959
Planning Portal ref: PP-15196959
Statutory expiry: 14 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