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Overy House Tower Road Burnham Overy Staithe King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 8JB

26/00012/TREECAWorks to/Fell Tree in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 21 April 2026

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 Walnut-crown lift on the west side by removing the bottom two branches. T2 Holly- Pollard tree so that it can be maintained as a smaller shrub. T3 Pine- Fell and remove stump. Trees to be replaced with pleached Holm oak or Photinia for privacy T4 Pine- Fell and remove stump. Trees to be replaced with pleached Holm oak or Photinia for privacy T5,6 and 7- Oak thin crown remove all crossing suppressing branches. Crown lift to allow views across marsh for next door. All crowns will be thinned by 25% T3 crown lift to up to 3m. T4 crown lift up to 3m. T5 crown lift up to 2.5 m G1 Holly x4- Cut back to boundary by up to 2 meters back to suitable growth points. Trees are not owned by the client

Received
20 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Burnham Market And Docking
  1. Received20 Jan
  2. Validated23 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target6 Mar
  5. Decided21 Apr

Decided in 88 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Overy House Tower Road Burnham Overy Staithe King's Lynn Norfolk PE31 8JB. Kings Lynn has handled 653 applications of this type. This one was decided in 91 days, 6 weeks longer than Kings Lynn's typical decision time. The site is in the Burnham Overy Staithe conservation area. There have been 2 other applications 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 8JB
Application type
Works to/Fell Tree in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Burnham Overy

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 January 2026
Target decision date
6 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Levi Ashby 34 Northfield Waye Wells next The Sea NR231LJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14635593
Comments
0
Documents
8

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: BURNHAM OVERY STAITHE Conservation Area
  • Tree Preservation Order: 2/TPO/00721Protected tree on or next to this site · +2 more
  • National Landscape (AONB): Norfolk Coast
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage 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, 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.

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Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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