Church Farmhouse Norwich Road, Guist, Dereham, Norfolk, NR20 5AJ

TRE/2020/0278/TPOTRE Works to protected treesRefused

Refused on 3 November 2020

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

Proposal

Fell Horse Chestnut Trees at rear of property

Received: 8 October 2020
Council: Breckland District Council
Ward: Upper Wensum

ReceivedReceived8 Oct
ValidatedValidated8 Oct
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date3 Dec
DecidedDecided3 Nov

Decided in 26 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at Church Farmhouse Norwich Road, Guist, Dereham, Norfolk, NR20 5AJ. Breckland has handled 903 applications of this type. This one was decided in 26 days, 2 weeks quicker than Breckland's typical decision time. The site is in the Guist conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 77 applications across Upper Wensum. We hold 1,323 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 5AJ
Application type: TRE Works to protected trees
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Guist

Planning application dates

Date validated: 8 October 2020
Target decision date: 3 December 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Mr A Howes Gateley Hill Gateley Dereham Norfolk NR20 5EJ

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Documents: 1

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

Conservation area: Guist
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.

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Source: Breckland

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