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Vicarage 111 Church Street Billericay Essex CM11 2TR

23/01293/TPOBASWorks To TreesApproved

Approved on 8 December 2023

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

04/00013/TPO - T1 Purple Prunus - Reduce by 2m overall, T2 Silver Birch - Reduce by 2m overall back to previous cutting points, T3 Yew Tree - Reduce Garden side only by 1-1.5m to stop further encroachment towards the House, crown lift to 2.5m, T4 Holly Tree - Reduce height by 2-3m, T5 Horse Chestnut Tree (in Churchyard) - Remove split branch overhanging the Vicarage garden, back to a suitable growing point beyond the split, T6 Sycamore Tree - reduce by 2-3m, T7 Sweet Chestnut - Remove growth from trunk of Tree up to 1st major branch and T8 Row of Cuppressus Trees - Effectively a Hedge, reduce by up to 10m in height (previous cutting points).

Received
18 October 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Burstead
Agent
Ian Allston Tree Surgery Ltd
  1. Received18 Oct
  2. Validated19 Oct
  3. Consult.17 Nov
  4. Target13 Dec
  5. Decided8 Dec

Decided in 50 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Vicarage 111 Church Street Billericay Essex CM11 2TR. Basildon has handled 605 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days, 5 days quicker than Basildon's typical decision time. The site is in the Great Burstead conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 173 applications across Burstead. We hold 1,740 applications in total for the CM11 postcode area.

100% of trees applications at Basildon Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
CM11 2TR
Application type
Works To Trees
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Great Burstead And South Green Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 October 2023
Consultation expiry
17 November 2023
Consultation start
24 October 2023
Consultation end
17 November 2023
Neighbour consultation start
24 October 2023
Neighbour consultation end
17 November 2023
Last date for comments
17 November 2023
Target decision date
13 December 2023
Permission expires
8 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Ian Allston Tree Surgery Ltd
Agent address
Parsonage Farm Church Road ELMSTEAD CO7 7AP

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12540490
Documents
2
Constraints
2

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: Great Burstead
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, 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: Basildon

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