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The Old Vicarage High Street, North Elmham, Dereham, Norfolk, NR20 5JS

TRE/2020/0181/TCATCA Application for trees in a conservation areaApproved

Approved on 12 August 2020

Council decision: No Objection

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Sycamore twin stem (T1) Pollard stem closest to dwelling (grade 2 listed) at around 7m due to cavity and hollowing of stem at about 6 ft.; Cherry(T2) Large wound on main stem evidencing previous limb failure, shorten large low hanging limb over road to about 2m. Raise remaining growth over road to 5.1m.

Received
27 July 2020
Ward
Upper Wensum
  1. Received27 Jul
  2. Validated27 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target7 Sep
  5. Decided12 Aug

Decided in 16 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Old Vicarage High Street, North Elmham, Dereham, Norfolk, NR20 5JS. Breckland has handled 903 applications of this type. This one was decided in 16 days, 4 weeks quicker than Breckland's typical decision time. The site is in the North Elmham conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 77 applications across Upper Wensum. We hold 1,322 applications in total for the NR20 postcode area.

99% of trees applications at Breckland District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 6 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
NR20 5JS
Application type
TCA Application for trees in a conservation area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
North Elmham

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 July 2020
Target decision date
7 September 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Norfolk Arb 19 Hill Street Hunstanton Norfolk PE36 5BS

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
10

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: North Elmham
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Wensum SACApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • 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, Heritage at Risk entries, 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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2023
    22 Sep

    T1 - Elm - Fell due to Dutch elm disease

    ApprovedTreesTRE/2023/0275/TCA

Source: Breckland

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