Planning application
Blickling Hall Blickling Road Blickling NR11 6NF
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Horse Chestnut - Crown reduce upper canopy by 5-6m. Crown reduce rear southern stem by 7-8m. Reshape the remaining crown in a proportional amount at the discretion of the arborist. Brace the lowest split limb with steel rope to ensure it remains connected to the parent stem. The tree has extensive basal decay- large coalescing cavities in the upper crown, bacterial wet wood, bacterial canker and has a history of limb loss and shedding
As published by the council, reference 20221165
Application record
- Reference
- 20221165
- Type
- Works to trees in Conservation Area
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Approval with Conditions
- Received
- 19 Jul 2022
- Validated
- 19 Jul 2022
- Decided
- 25 Jul 2022
- Ward
- Aylsham
- Parish
- Blickling
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- NR11 6NF
Site history
Applications at this address on the South Norfolk register
This site has had 6 applications since 2020: 6 approved, 0 refused.
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20230131 Granted
Blickling Hall Blickling Road Blickling NR11 6NF
1. Scots pine - fell to ground. 2. Hemlock trees, 2 adjacent - fell to ground. Trees 1&2 work proposed to reduce competition for light and nutrients with the young avenue trees, to preserve this feature. The 3 trees account for the 5 cubic meters of saleable timber we are permitted to remove per quarter. 3. 5 Yew trees to be pollarded to around 9 ft (2.7m) to prevent overshadowing avenue trees and other understory trees and plants. 4. 9 Yew trees to be pollarded to around 9 ft (2.7m) to prevent overshadowing avenue trees and other understory trees and plants. 5. Common lime - fell to ground. Due to the nature of the underground water services, the close proximity to the gas tank, and undermining of the garden wall as the tree has grown.
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20210419 Granted
Blickling Hall Blickling Road Blickling NR11 6NF
Installation of additional fire detectors - listed building
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20210208 Granted
Blickling Hall Blickling Road Blickling NR11 6NF
T1, plus 1, Tags( No.238 & T239) - Oak, Reduce in height by half or Fell, plus additional Oak pole - Fell, T2 - Oak, Fell T3 - Horse Chestnut, Fell T4 - Horse Chestnut, Fell
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20202334 Granted
Blickling Hall Blickling Road Blickling NR11 6NF
1. Retention of a five bar timber gate set into the existing vehicular entrance to the walled garden. 2. Retention of steel drop down bollards set into tarmac roadways in two locations: The entrance to the car park to the Buckinghamshire Arms Public House and on Church Walk to the East side of Blickling Hall. 3. Installation of 2 additional steel drop down bollards into the tarmac roadway known as Park Gates to the West of the main visitor car park.
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20202333 Granted
Blickling Hall Blickling Road Blickling NR11 6NF
Retention of a Timber shed erected in the visitor car park to act as temporary Visitor Welcome Base during the Covid-19 Pandemic. The shed is to be retained for a period of 12 months.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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19 Jul 2022
Received by South Norfolk
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25 Jul 2022
Decision issued: Approval with Conditions
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23 Sep 2026
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Who's behind it
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Urban Forestry (Bse) Ltd Agent
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South Norfolk granted permission on 25 July 2022, 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.
About tree works applications
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.
Nearby applications
Within 0.3 miles
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Blickling Hall Estate Barn Blickling Road Blickling NR11 6NF
1. Sycamore (at 33 Silvergate) - fell because of excessive included bark in the main stem, weight largely towards the property and overhanging garden shed. 2. Sycamore (at 70/71 Ingworth) - fell because of included bark and evidence of large pocket of rot in and around the main union, also heavily leaning over garden outbuilding. 3. Oak (at 64 Woodgate) - fell because of potential risk to residents caused by sudden branch drop pertaining to brown cubical rot in the main stem and branches; crown dying back excessively. 4. Sycamore (above School Lane near Main Car Park) - Almost complete crown dieback over the past 12 months, little or no leaf cover this summer; mainly crown overhangs main visitor route from the hall and park. 5. Horse chestnut (Dell corner of Lake Walk) - fell because of major dysfunction in the main stem and crown failure, and overextended limbs over a permissive footpath.
Granted Trees 8 docsSmall domestic -
Blickling Hall Blickling Road Blickling Norfolk NR11 6NF
T0557 Oak - Fell to ground, T0548 Oak - Fell to ground, T0560 Oak - Fell to ground, T0558 Oak - Fell to ground, T0559 Hemlock - Fell to ground, T0172 Scots Pine - Fell to ground, T0541 Scots Pine - Fell to ground, T0561 Oak - Fell to ground, T0562 Oak - Fell to ground, T0563 Oak - Fell to ground, T0564 Hemlock - Fell to ground
Granted Trees 16 docs -
Blickling Hall Blickling Road Blickling Norfolk NR11 6NF
T0557 Oak - Fell to ground, T0548 Oak - Fell to ground, T0560 Oak - Fell to ground, T0558 Oak - Fell to ground, T0559 Hemlock - Fell to ground, T0172 Scots Pine - Fell to ground, T0541 Scots Pine - Fell to ground, T0561 Oak - Fell to ground, T0562 Oak - Fell to ground, T0563 Oak - Fell to ground, T0564 Hemlock - Fell to ground
Granted Trees 16 docs -
Blickling Hall Blickling Road Blickling Norfolk NR11 6NF
1 No. Oak - Fell under an exception of the Conservation Area Restrictions for dead trees
Decided Trees 5 docs -
Blickling Hall Blickling Road Blickling Norfolk NR11 6NF
1 No. Oak - Fell under an exception of the Conservation Area Restrictions for dead trees
Decided Trees 5 docs -
Blickling Hall Blickling Road Blickling Norfolk NR11 6NF
Oak tree tag 136 - Reduce crown by (6m) from (26m) to (20m)
Granted Trees 11 docs
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