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St Giles Car Park Lower St Giles Lane, Thetford, Norfolk

PL/2025/1669/TCATCA Application for trees in a conservation areaAwaiting decision
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

2x Mature Maple Trees. Crown raise to 5m above the car park area, and Crown reduce branches overhanging the property by 2m to suitable pruning points.

Received
7 November 2025
Ward
Thetford Castle
  1. Received7 Nov
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a tree application at St Giles Car Park Lower St Giles Lane, Thetford, Norfolk,. Breckland has handled 903 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 7 November 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Thetford conservation area, with 11 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 38 applications across Thetford Castle.

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Application details

Application type
TCA Application for trees in a conservation area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Thetford

Planning application dates

Validated
7 November 2025

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Thetford
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Thetford
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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