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Pretoria Cottage, 28 - 30 Crown Street, Banham, Norwich, Norfolk, NR16 2EX

TRE/2022/0081/TCATCA Application for trees in a conservation areaApproved

Approved on 20 April 2022

Council decision: No Objection

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

Proposal

A - Cooper Beech Tree - overall crown reduction of 1.5 metres. Removal of two lowest limbs over drive and garage. Crown lift lower branches over drive way by up to 6 metres. To remove growth towards house and above our garage; B - American Box Elder - reduce two lowest lateral limbs by 2-3 metres - to reduce growth over shingle and smarten up; C - Ash tree - remove branches overhanging neighbour's boundary and garage - to take away from neighbours garage; D - Flowering Cherry tree - reduce branches overhanging neighbour's boundary - to reduce overhang over neighbours garden; E - Silver birch - remove 2-3 metres out of top - to reduce height of for tall spindly tree; ; Chris Hunter is the tree surgeon we are using. I have discussed the planned works with him, with the exception of D which I thought about subsequent to talking to him as I think it will be an appropriate thing to do to reduce the growth over the neighbours garden whilst we are employing a tree surgeon

Received
28 March 2022
Ward
The Buckenhams and Banham
  1. Received28 Mar
  2. Validated28 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target9 May
  5. Decided20 Apr

Decided in 23 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at Pretoria Cottage, 28 - 30 Crown Street, Banham, Norwich, Norfolk, NR16 2EX. Breckland has handled 903 applications of this type. This one was decided in 23 days, 3 weeks quicker than Breckland's typical decision time. The site is in the Banham conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 66 applications across The Buckenhams and Banham. We hold 760 applications in total for the NR16 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
NR16 2EX
Application type
TCA Application for trees in a conservation area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Banham

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 March 2022
Target decision date
9 May 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Duncan Jones 28-30 Crown Street Banham Norfolk NR16 2EX

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
3

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: Banham
  • 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 (21)

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, 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.

Source: Breckland

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