The Old Stores Watton Road, Great Hockham, Thetford, Norfolk, IP24 1PB
Approved on 2 May 2023
Council decision: Granted - Historic
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Proposal
T 1= Lime Tree. At the Eastern Aspect of the Tree the limbs that are overhanging the garden and the Old stores are almost in contact with the building. To prevent contact with the building the following works are suggested; Crown lift to 4.5 meters. Reduce overhanging branches by 2.75 meters.
- Received
- 25 March 2023
- Council
- Breckland District Council
- Ward
- All Saints and Wayland
- ReceivedReceived25 Mar
- ValidatedValidated25 Mar
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date20 May
- DecidedDecided2 May
Decided in 38 days (council typically 42)
About this application
This is a tree application at The Old Stores Watton Road, Great Hockham, Thetford, Norfolk, IP24 1PB. Breckland has handled 903 applications of this type. This one was decided in 38 days, 4 days quicker than Breckland's typical decision time. The site is in the Hockham conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 105 applications across All Saints and Wayland. We hold 293 applications in total for the IP24 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
- IP24 1PB
- Application type
- TRE Works to protected trees
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Great Hockham Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 25 March 2023
- Target decision date
- 20 May 2023
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Treecreeper arboriculture Forge Cottage Blacksmith Lane Barnham Thetford IP24 2NE
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 4
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Hockham
- 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.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Breckland
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