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31 The Close Norwich NR1 4DZ

26/00807/TCAApproved

Approved on 5 November 2026

Council decision: No TPO to be Served

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

Proposal

Magnolia (T1): Crown reduction to bring the height and spread back down to approximately 4m, by no more than 1m.

Received
13 August 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 7 November 2026
Ward
Thorpe Hamlet
  1. Received13 Aug
  2. Validated25 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided5 Nov

Decided in 41 days

About this application

This is a planning application at 31 The Close Norwich NR1 4DZ. Norwich has handled 1,460 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days, 2 weeks quicker than Norwich's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 17 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 111 applications across Thorpe Hamlet. We hold 273 applications in total for the NR1 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
NR1 4DZ
Parish
Not Applicable

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Mark Dunthorne

Additional information

Documents
4

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 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: City Centre
  • Listed building: Grade II*: 26, the CloseOn or next to this site · +1 more
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Yare Broads and MarshesApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (19)

flood storage areas, 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

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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2023
    18 Oct

    Magnolia (T1): Current height 25-30ft

    ApprovedWorks to Trees in a Conservation Area23/01286/TCA

Source: Norwich

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