Castle Hotel Norwich Road NR30 5JN Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Works to trees protected by Tree Preservation Order (TP No.1 1979) - T7 (Pine/Elder?) - Fell and poison stump; T8 (Pine/Irish Yew?) - Raise over parking and sever Ivy; T11 (Lime/Wisteria?) - Prune (without cutting established stem); T12 (Chestnut/Acer Negundo?) - Fell and poison stump Other works include non-TPO's: G1 mixed hedges on eastern aspect - Red Robin, Viburnum, Holly, Laurel - reduce to 2m and side back to furthest edge of car park sleeper; T2 (Holme Oak) - raise over pathway to 2.5m and entrance to 6m, reduce southern and eastern aspects by around 1.5 (currently 18m s and 13m e) to negate poor structure, potentially weak attachment points and bias; G3 (3 x Horse Chestnut) - raise to 5m over parking bays and remove hazardous deadwood, reduce southernmost tree in height by 3m to negate decay at 2m on n aspect; T4 (Home Oak) - previously pollarded at 6m to negate bifurcation and defects. Reduce western and southern aspect by 1- 1.5m and raise to 5m over car park (currently 10m w and 7.5 s); T5 (Holme Oak) - raise to 5m, reduce spread by 1-1.5m (currently 8n, 9e 10s, 9w) to reduce impact on surroundings; T6 (Cherry) - Fell and poison stump); G9 mixed hedging in centre of parking - cut down to 1.5m and trim back to furthest edge of sleepers, coppice Hazel, remove stem on Cherry growing over car park (and sever Ivy); G10 - mixed hedging to west and south of main building - reduce to 1.5m in height and cut back to clear windows; G13 - shrubs to east of decking - trim back berbaris and deutzia face to edge of decking and reduce height to 1.8m, trim back cotoneaster to clear decking, remove dead Buxus, tip back overhang on Holly by 1m; G14 group of 3 pines - aerial inspection of crowns and remove any significant deadwood. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 16 Oct 2026 and 29 Oct 2026, from Great Yarmouth's recent tree and landscaping works.
Site constraints 2
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Important details
- Council
- Great Yarmouth
- Postcode
- NR30 5JN
- Received
- 3 Sept 2026
- Validated
- 3 Sept 2026
- Parish
- Caister North
- Case officer
- Show
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- J Basey-Fisher Old Forge Barn Hemblington Road Strumpshaw Norwich NR13 4NE
Decision outlook
Day 9 of the 56-day target. Great Yarmouth usually decides tree and landscaping works by day 52.
Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by Great Yarmouth in the last twelve months, from validation. Great Yarmouth decision record →
Historical activity at this location
12 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
Great Yarmouth ranks #125 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. 49% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (92%) than the national average (90%).
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