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4 Church Street Bawburgh Norfolk NR9 3LP

2025/3996Works to trees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 16 January 2026

Council decision: No objectionsDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

T1 Mountain Ash - fell. T2 Apple Tree - 9m tall. To be reduced by 2m back to previous points. G1 Group of Willow trees (est 8m tall). To be pollarded at 4m high.

Received
29 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hethersett
Agent
Nicholls Tree Services
  1. Received29 Dec
  2. Validated29 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target9 Feb
  5. Decided16 Jan

Decided in 18 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 4 Church Street Bawburgh Norfolk NR9 3LP. South Norfolk Broadland has handled 2,159 applications of this type. This one was decided in 18 days, 4 weeks quicker than South Norfolk Broadland's typical decision time. The site is in the Bawburgh conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 7 applications across Hethersett. We hold 408 applications in total for the NR9 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
NR9 3LP
Application type
Works to trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bawburgh

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 December 2025
Target decision date
9 February 2026
Permission expires
16 January 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Nicholls Tree Services
Agent address
26 Harman Close Hethersett NORWICH NR9 3PR United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14592534
Comments
0
Documents
7
Constraints
41

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Bawburgh Conservation Area
  • 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, 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, 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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