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4 Lynn Road Heacham King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 7HY

23/00134/TREECAWorks to/Fell Tree in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 14 August 2023

Council decision: Tree Application - No objectionDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

T1 - Oak. Fell. In decline. Signs of decay at base. Evidence of dieback throughout crown. Outgrown location given state of health. Replant with copper beach at nearby location. T2 - Yew. Fell. Dead/dying. Very sparse foliage. Dangerous location by car park. Storage area. T3 - Sycamore. Unbalanced crown in area for possible development. Rebalance crown, maintaining height. T4 - pine. Fell. Poor specimen. Zero amenity value. Heavily unbalanced over river.

Received
12 July 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Heacham
  1. Received12 Jul
  2. Validated12 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target23 Aug
  5. Decided14 Aug

Decided in 33 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 4 Lynn Road Heacham King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 7HY. Kings Lynn has handled 653 applications of this type. This one was decided in 33 days, 2 weeks quicker than Kings Lynn's typical decision time. The site is in the Heacham conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 45 applications across Heacham. We hold 1,188 applications in total for the PE31 postcode area.

98% of trees applications at King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
PE31 7HY
Application type
Works to/Fell Tree in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Heacham

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 July 2023
Consultation start
18 July 2023
Target decision date
23 August 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr James Joyce 33 Hunstanton Road Heacham PE31 7JY

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12306938
Comments
0
Documents
5

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: Heacham Conservation Area
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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: Kings Lynn

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