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20 Westgate Street Southery Downham Market Norfolk PE38 0PA

26/00047/TPORefused

Refused on 2 July 2026

Council decision: TPO Decision Refuse

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

TPO Ref: 2/TPO/00449 - Ancient Oak Tree -Sadly we recommend removal of this ancient oak tree due to bracket fungus and the extreme hollowing of the main stem and two main limbs, of which has caused stress fractures and severely affected the structural integrity of the tree. Unfortunately, due to the tree overshadowing neighbouring properties, if tree should fail due to (as previously explained above), there is a very high risk for damage to neighbouring properties. Please see evidence in the photos attached, which clearly show the structural issues as stated above. Therefore, we strongly advise removal of the tree to prevent the risk to occupied residential buildings with the fall range of this oak tree.

Received
15 June 2026
  1. Received15 Jun
  2. Validated15 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target10 Aug
  5. Decided2 Jul

Decided in 17 days

About this application

This is a planning application at 20 Westgate Street Southery Downham Market Norfolk PE38 0PA. Kings Lynn has handled 8,970 applications of this type. This one was decided in 17 days, 5 weeks quicker than Kings Lynn's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 569 applications in total for the PE38 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
PE38 0PA

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 June 2026
Target decision date
10 August 2026

Additional information

Documents
40

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation 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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