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Claypit Cottage Little Lane Docking King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 8NT

24/00127/TREECAWorks to/Fell Tree in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 5 July 2024

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 - Half dead Cypress Conifer to remove. T2 - Holly tree encroching on house to reduce away from building leaving a screen to neighbouring property. T3 - Golden Lawson Cypress next to T2, lift lower braches off the ground. T4 - Plum tree to lift lower branches off the ground. T5 and T6 2 x Silver Birch, crown lift by the removal of entire lower branches to a height of 5 metres above ground level and thin throughout the crown by 25% maximum, T7 - Large Sycamore to crown lift lower branches to a maximum height of 4 metres above ground level, lateral reduction of branches awat from property by 2 metres maximum to a height of 5 metres above ground level, and thinning throughout the crown by 25% maximum.

Received
12 June 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Burnham Market And Docking
  1. Received12 Jun
  2. Validated12 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target24 Jul
  5. Decided5 Jul

Decided in 23 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Claypit Cottage Little Lane Docking King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 8NT. Kings Lynn has handled 653 applications of this type. This one was decided in 23 days, 4 weeks quicker than Kings Lynn's typical decision time. The site is in the Docking conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 106 applications across Burnham Market And Docking. 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 8NT
Application type
Works to/Fell Tree in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Docking

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 June 2024
Target decision date
24 July 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Benjamin Gage Peddars Barn 35 Lynn Lane Great Massingham King's Lynn Norfolk PE32 2HJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Docking Conservation Area
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Wensum SACApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

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, 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

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© 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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