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Hill Grove Residential Home 1 Colney Lane Cringleford Norfolk NR4 7RE

2024/2426Works to trees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 12 September 2024

Council decision: No objectionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

3 No Irish Yews in driveway reduced by 6ft from 16ft to 10ft 2 No Yew - fell 1 No Beech to have lowest branch (approx. 12-16ft up truck) removed back to trunk on north west side of tree pointing in that direction and partly over building

Received
22 August 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Cringleford
  1. Received22 Aug
  2. Validated22 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target3 Oct
  5. Decided12 Sep

Decided in 21 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Hill Grove Residential Home 1 Colney Lane Cringleford Norfolk NR4 7RE. South Norfolk Broadland has handled 2,159 applications of this type. This one was decided in 21 days, 4 weeks quicker than South Norfolk Broadland's typical decision time. The site is in the Cringleford conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 41 applications across Cringleford. We hold 784 applications in total for the NR4 postcode area.

96% of trees applications at South Norfolk District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
NR4 7RE
Application type
Works to trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Cringleford

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 August 2024
Target decision date
3 October 2024
Permission expires
12 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
A.Sillett Tree Surgeon
Agent address
Amza Cottage Swardeston Lane East Carleton NR14 8LF

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Appeal history

3359078
Allowed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 7 July 2025Dev Type: Other minor developmentsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13352549
Comments
0
Documents
3
Constraints
23

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Cringleford Conservation Area
  • Listed building: Grade II: Hill GroveOn this site
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Yare Broads and MarshesApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, 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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© 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.

Source: South Norfolk Broadland

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