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British Trust For Ornithology, The Nunnery Nunnery Place, Thetford, Norfolk, IP24 2PU

TRE/2023/0332/TCATCA Application for trees in a conservation areaApproved

Approved on 8 December 2023

Council decision: No Objection

Proposal

2 x Norway Maple and 1 x Fir Tree.; Clear dead wood from the two Norway Maple.; Reduce the length of some lower horizontal branches of one of the Norway Maple, ; Reduce the length of one branch of the fir tree by 1m-2m,

Received
22 November 2023
Ward
Thetford Boudica
  1. Received22 Nov
  2. Validated22 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target3 Jan
  5. Decided8 Dec

Decided in 16 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at British Trust For Ornithology, The Nunnery Nunnery Place, Thetford, Norfolk, IP24 2PU. 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 Thetford conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 6 applications across Thetford Boudica. 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 2PU
Application type
TCA Application for trees in a conservation area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Thetford

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 November 2023
Target decision date
3 January 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
The British Trust for Ornithology The Nunnery Thetford Norfolk IP24 2PU

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
4

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
  • Listed building: Grade II*: The NunneryOn or next to this site
  • 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 (19)

flood storage areas, 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.

Source: Breckland

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