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South Lodge Braintree Road Wethersfield Essex CM7 4AD

19/00001/TPOCONWorks to Trees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 15 February 2019

Council decision: Application GRANTED

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

Proposal

Notice of intent to carry out works to trees in a Conservation Area - Yew T5: Remove side branches originating below 4m on western side of crown, back to upright stem, Birch T8: Remove 5 no. branches originating at 0.5 to 0.8m on main stem, Larch T9: Fell to enhance garden space, Larch T12: Remove dead wood, crown lift to 7m, Birch T13: Fell to enhance garden space, Larch T15: Remove dead wood.Larch T15.1: Fell due to condition, Birch T16: Remove dead wood, Rowan T32: Fell due to condition, Sweet Chestnut T33.1: Remove dead wood over site, Sweet Chestnut T35: Remove dead wood, Sweet Chestnut T36: Fell to remove overhang of road and clear LV line.Sycamore T38: Fell to avoid electrical hazard, Field Maple T39: Fell to avoid electrical hazard, Holly T41: Fell to enhance garden, Holly T42: Fell to enhance garden, Holly T42.1: Fell to enhance garden, Sycamore T44: Remove 2 smaller stems. Reduce end weight of 370mm diameter stem., Sycamore T45: Fell to reduce risk to road, remove electrical hazard and reduce future maintenance burden, Sycamore T46: Sever and strip ivy Remove epicormic branches from around base that grow into LV wires, Elder T49: Fell due to condition.

Received
2 January 2019
Ward
THREE FIELDS
Agent
Arboricultural Consultant
  1. Received2 Jan
  2. Validated4 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target15 Feb
  5. Decided15 Feb

Decided in 42 days

About this application

This is a tree application at South Lodge Braintree Road Wethersfield Essex CM7 4AD. Braintree has handled 710 applications of this type. This one was decided in 44 days. The site is in the Wethersfield conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 937 applications in total for the CM7 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
CM7 4AD
Application type
Works to Trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wethersfield Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 January 2019
Target decision date
15 February 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent
Arboricultural Consultant
Agent address
12 Bures Road Great Cornard Sudbury CO10 0EJ United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
4

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: Wethersfield
  • 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.

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