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Your Local Paper 29 King Street King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 1ET

23/00225/TREECAWorks to/Fell Tree in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 6 December 2023

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Reduce Yew by 3 metres. The tree is in decline, this may help to promote healthy new growth.

Received
27 October 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St. Margarets With St. Nicholas
  1. Received27 Oct
  2. Validated27 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target8 Dec
  5. Decided6 Dec

Decided in 40 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Your Local Paper 29 King Street King's Lynn Norfolk PE30 1ET. Kings Lynn has handled 653 applications of this type. This one was decided in 40 days, 9 days quicker than Kings Lynn's typical decision time. The site is in the King's Lynn conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 130 applications across St. Margarets With St. Nicholas. We hold 1,702 applications in total for the PE30 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
PE30 1ET
Application type
Works to/Fell Tree in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
King's Lynn

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 October 2023
Consultation start
31 October 2023
Target decision date
8 December 2023
Decision issued
8 December 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Edward Benton The Herbary Middle Road Shouldham Thorpe PE33 0EE

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12562320
Comments
0
Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Kings Lynn Conservation Area
  • Listed building: Grade I: Guildhall of St GeorgeOn this site · +9 more
  • Article 4 direction: Kings Lynn Conservation Area
  • Heritage at Risk Register: King's Lynn
  • Brownfield land register: 23 Tuesday Market Place King's LynnRegister site at or near this address
Also checked, none recorded (19)

flood storage areas, tree preservation orders, 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 and heritage coasts.

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

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© 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.

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Planning history at this site

9 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2022
    22 Jun

    Felling of the dead tree

    ApprovedWorks to/Fell Tree in Conservation Area22/00118/TREECA
  2. 2019
    31 Jan

    DISCHARGE OF CONDITION 4: Listed Building application: Internal and external refurbishment including…

    Discharge of Condition final letterDischarge of conditions18/02152/DISC_A
  3. 2018
    30 Nov

    Listed Building application: Internal and external refurbishment including re-roofing and decoration and…

    ApprovedListed building consent18/02152/LB
  4. 2017
    5 Jun

    ADVERT APPLICATION: 1 x hanging sign

    ApprovedAdvertisement consent17/01096/A
  5. 2017
    5 Jun

    LISTED BUILDING APPLICATION: To hang an advertisment sign from metal frame on front elevation

    ApprovedListed building consent17/01097/LB
  6. 2005
    27 Jan

    Display of externally illuminated banner sign

    ApprovedListed building consent05/00172/LB

Source: Kings Lynn

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