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Amenity Land At Acorn Close And Oakwood Drive Hellesdon Norfolk

2025/3160Works to TPO treesApproved

Approved on 17 November 2025

Council decision: Approval with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Silver Birch - Crown raise to 6m and reduce house side back by 2m with a total length of 6m Beech Tree (Acorn Close) - Crown raise to 6m, reduce radius house side by 2m with a total length of 6m Sweet Chestnut (Oakwood Drive) - Reduce in height by 8m by removing dead wood back to growth points. Oak (Timber Close) - Crown raise to 4m in height to remove limbs from fence and shed

Received
8 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hellesdon South East
Agent
Essex Grounds Management Ltd
  1. Received8 Oct
  2. Validated28 Oct
  3. Consult.16 Nov
  4. Target23 Dec
  5. Decided17 Nov

Decided in 20 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Amenity Land At Acorn Close And Oakwood Drive Hellesdon Norfolk. South Norfolk Broadland has handled 2,159 applications of this type. This one was decided in 40 days, 9 days quicker than South Norfolk Broadland's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 9 applications across Hellesdon South East.

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

Application type
Works to TPO trees
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Hellesdon

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 October 2025
Consultation expiry
16 November 2025
Neighbour consultation start
3 November 2025
Neighbour consultation end
16 November 2025
Target decision date
23 December 2025
Permission expires
17 November 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
Essex Grounds Management Ltd
Agent address
The Hill House Bunwell Hill Bunwell Norwich Norfolk NR16 1RZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14393692
Comments
0
Documents
7
Constraints
33

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Tree Preservation Order
  • 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 (22)

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, 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: South Norfolk Broadland

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