3 Birch Close Little Melton Norfolk NR9 3QX

1. 8 Oct 2025

   Received by Broadland

2. 31 Oct 2025

   Decision issued: Approval with Conditions

3. 20 Jul 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

Broadland granted permission on 31 October 2025, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

Applications for works to trees cover protected trees: consent under a tree preservation order, or six weeks notice for trees in a conservation area. More in our guide to planning application types.

• 3 Birch Close Little Melton Norfolk NR9 3QX

  2025/3155 Submitted 8 Oct 2025 50 yards away

  Multi stemmed ash - reduce height by 1.5m-1.8m from 16m to 14.5m- 14.2m. Width 8-8.5 metres wide. Reduce left side by approximately 1.5m and right side by -1.5-1.5m. Crown raised by removing two of the lowest limbs over the garden lifting the crown from 4.5 m to 6 metres creating a clearance above the top of the fence

  Granted Trees 6 docs
  Small domestic

• Woodlands At Rear Of 4 Birch Close Little Melton NR9 3QX

  2021/0312 Submitted 12 Feb 2021 50 yards away

  T3 Ash (Fraxinus Excelsior) - reduce canopy spread over garden 2-3m to appropriate pruning points, crown raise to 4m over garden, remove branch at approx. 7m extending over garden on S/E stem T5 Holly (Ilex Aquifolium) - reduce row of Holly tress by 4m to leave 4m in height

  Granted Trees 3 docs

• Woodlands At Rear Of 4 Birch Close Little Melton NR9 3QX

  2021/0312 Submitted 12 Feb 2021 50 yards away

  T3 Ash (Fraxinus Excelsior) - reduce canopy spread over garden 2-3m to appropriate pruning points, crown raise to 4m over garden, remove branch at approx. 7m extending over garden on S/E stem T5 Holly (Ilex Aquifolium) - reduce row of Holly tress by 4m to leave 4m in height

  Granted Trees 3 docs

• 21 Greenacres Little Melton Norfolk NR9 3QU

  2020/1815 Submitted 23 Sep 2020 100 yards away

  T1 Oak - reduce height from 17m to 15.5m and spread from 18m to 16m

  Granted Trees 2 docs

• 20 Greenacres Little Melton Norfolk NR9 3QU

  2026/0225 Submitted 30 Jan 2026 100 yards away

  Oaks (T1 & T3) - Reduce the crown from approximately 7 to 5 metres radial spread and remove dead branches over 40mm attachment diameter above the garden, Oak (T2) - Reduce the crown from approximately 12 to 8 metres in width and 14 to 11 metres in height, remove the 4 lower branches on the south side of the tree, and remove dead branches over 40mm attachment diameter.

  Granted Trees 5 docs

• 20 Greenacres Little Melton Norfolk NR9 3QU

  2026/0225 Submitted 30 Jan 2026 100 yards away

  Oaks (T1 & T3) - Reduce the crown from approximately 7 to 5 metres radial spread and remove dead branches over 40mm attachment diameter above the garden, Oak (T2) - Reduce the crown from approximately 12 to 8 metres in width and 14 to 11 metres in height, remove the 4 lower branches on the south side of the tree, and remove dead branches over 40mm attachment diameter.

  Granted Trees 5 docs

• 2026/2476 Granted

  The Old Rectory Costessey Road Taverham Norfolk NR8 6TA

  T1 & T2 The sectional felling of the dead Sycamore & declining Ash leaving at a height of approximately 5m for habitat, T3 The removal of the broken Willow branch, T4 The removal of the fallen Willow from river & coppice remaining small stems, T5 The crown lifting of the Weeping Willow over fence by the removal of the lower limb to a height of 3m

  Received 21 Aug, published by the council 13 Sep 2026 Trees
• 2026/2786 Decided

  38 Fakenham Road Drayton Norfolk NR8 6PT

  Robinia, pollard to 4m - under an exception of the TPO restrictions for dead trees.

  Received 16 Sep, published by the council 22 Sep 2026 Trees
• 2026/2322 Granted

  27 Barnby Road Badersfield Norfolk NR10 5JN

  T234- Silver Birch - Remove to ground level

  Received 10 Aug, published by the council 31 Aug 2026 Trees
• 2026/2311 Split decision

  9 Lime Tree Avenue Thorpe St Andrew Norfolk NR7 0DA

  T1 Sycamore - Fell, T2 Oak (est 22m tall and 15m wide) Crown reduction of 25%. Reducing height by 4m and side limbs on the neighbours side only by 3m to balance crown, T3 Beech tree (estimate 24m tall and 19m wide). Crown reduce by approximately 25%. Reducing the top by 4m and sides by 3m, Crown raise to 5m in height to allow access for highsided vehicles. Remove lowest 4 limbs drooping and overhanging driveway.

  Received 7 Aug, published by the council 25 Aug 2026 Trees
• 2026/2412 Granted

  3 Holly Bank Sprowston Norfolk NR7 8JA

  T1 - Beech- Reduce from 17m to a 3-4m monolith

  Received 14 Aug, published by the council 31 Aug 2026 Trees