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Castle Hotel Norwich Road NR30 5JN

06/26/0706/TREApproved

Approved on 23 October 2026

Council decision: APPROVE

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

Proposal

Works to trees protected by Tree Preservation Order (TP No.1 1979) - T7 (Pine/Elder?) - Fell and poison stump; T8 (Pine/Irish Yew?) - Raise over parking and sever Ivy; T11 (Lime/Wisteria?) - Prune (without cutting established stem); T12 (Chestnut/Acer Negundo?) - Fell and poison stump Other works include non-TPO's: G1 mixed hedges on eastern aspect - Red Robin, Viburnum, Holly, Laurel - reduce to 2m and side back to furthest edge of car park sleeper; T2 (Holme Oak) - raise over pathway to 2.5m and entrance to 6m, reduce southern and eastern aspects by around 1.5 (currently 18m s and 13m e) to negate poor structure, potentially weak attachment points and bias; G3 (3 x Horse Chestnut) - raise to 5m over parking bays and remove hazardous deadwood, reduce southernmost tree in height by 3m to negate decay at 2m on n aspect; T4 (Home Oak) - previously pollarded at 6m to negate bifurcation and defects. Reduce western and southern aspect by 1- 1.5m and raise to 5m over car park (currently 10m w and 7.5 s); T5 (Holme Oak) - raise to 5m, reduce spread by 1-1.5m (currently 8n, 9e 10s, 9w) to reduce impact on surroundings; T6 (Cherry) - Fell and poison stump); G9 mixed hedging in centre of parking - cut down to 1.5m and trim back to furthest edge of sleepers, coppice Hazel, remove stem on Cherry growing over car park (and sever Ivy); G10 - mixed hedging to west and south of main building - reduce to 1.5m in height and cut back to clear windows; G13 - shrubs to east of decking - trim back berbaris and deutzia face to edge of decking and reduce height to 1.8m, trim back cotoneaster to clear decking, remove dead Buxus, tip back overhang on Holly by 1m; G14 group of 3 pines - aerial inspection of crowns and remove any significant deadwood.

Received
3 September 2026
  1. Received3 Sep
  2. Validated3 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided23 Oct

Decided in 50 days

About this application

This is a planning application for window replacement at Castle Hotel Norwich Road NR30 5JN. Great Yarmouth has handled 3,069 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days, 4 weeks quicker than Great Yarmouth's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 740 applications in total for the NR30 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
NR30 5JN

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 September 2026

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Direction - Houses in Multiple Occupation Great Yarmouth
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, tree preservation orders, 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: Great Yarmouth

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