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Woodland N of Elvington King's Lynn Norfolk

25/00065/TPOWorks to/Fell Tree covered by TPORefused

Refused on 12 January 2026

Council decision: TPO Decision RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

2/TPO/00709 - Dead trees / rotten trees to be removed where found - throughout area - to make safe from falling onto anyone, apple trees - removal of 80% tree numbers - location of trees are in inner zone of land - location affects use of land reduce competition for sunlight and nutrients - cherry tree - removal of 80% tree numbers - locations of trees are in inner zone of land - no producing fruit due to poor ground light - reduce competition for sunlight and nutrients ,oak trees - crown lifting - location on edges of the site and some random inside inner zone - low lying branches blocking ground light reduce competition for sunlight and nutrients ash tree - crown lifting - location on edges of the site - branches blocking ground light reduce competition for sunlight and nutrients blackthorn bushes- removal of 80% bush numbers - random locations along edges and some inner zone - overgrown/competing with trees reduce competition for sunlight and nutrients,silver birch - removal of 20% of silver birch tree numbers - around edges and odd one in random locations inner zone - too close to other trees reduce competition for sunlight and nutrients, some growing vertically making it difficult to walk around shrubs and hedges to be shaped with some removed if too close to one another to reduce competition for sunlight and nutrients and encourage healthy growth

Received
26 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
184
Ward
Springwood
  1. Received26 Sep
  2. Validated26 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target21 Nov
  5. Decided12 Jan

Decided in 108 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Woodland N of Elvington King's Lynn Norfolk. Kings Lynn has handled 653 applications of this type. This one was decided in 108 days, 8 weeks longer than Kings Lynn's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 15 applications across Springwood.

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

Application type
Works to/Fell Tree covered by TPO
Scale / size
Small
Parish
King's Lynn

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 September 2025
Target decision date
21 November 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
24

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
  • Tree Preservation Order: 2/TPO/00709Part of the site
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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

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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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