Environment Agency Maintained Floodbank Between Stokesby And Old Hall Drainage Mill Stokesby Norfolk

BA/2024/0013/TCAAWorks to Trees In a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 9 February 2024

Council decision: No Objection to Tree WorksTree Decision

Proposal

G1 & G2: unidentified scrub and trees - Trim branches overhanging embankment to provide clearance height of 3.5m. Clear archway to clear path of approx 2m width. Trim any scrub enrcoaching onto the flood bank on the rear (landward) slope by approx 2m.

Received: 10 January 2024
Decision level: Tree Decision
Public comments: 1
Council: Broads
Ward: Fleggburgh Ward

ReceivedReceived10 Jan
ValidatedValidated10 Jan
Consult.Consultation31 Jan
TargetTarget Date21 Feb
DecidedDecided9 Feb

Decided in 30 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at Environment Agency Maintained Floodbank Between Stokesby And Old Hall Drainage Mill Stokesby Norfolk. Broads has handled 269 applications of this type. This one was decided in 30 days, 12 days quicker than Broads's typical decision time. The site is in the Halvergate Marshes conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 4 applications across Fleggburgh Ward.

96% of trees applications at Broads were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 6 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type: Works to Trees In a Conservation Area
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Stokesby With Herringby Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 10 January 2024
Consultation expiry: 31 January 2024
Consultation start: 10 January 2024
Consultation end: 31 January 2024
Target decision date: 21 February 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period: 42 days

Additional information

Documents: 5
Constraints: 30

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
Heritage at Risk Register: Halvergate Marshes, Halvergate
National park: The Broads

Possibly incomplete for this council: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, nutrient neutrality catchments, 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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