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The Old Rectory The Street Birdbrook Essex CO9 4BW

23/00749/TPOCONWorks to Trees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 24 April 2023

Council decision: Application GRANTED

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Notice of intent to carry out works to trees in a Conservation Area:T3 Ash - Reduce long lateral limbs overhanging road by 4.5msT10 Ash - Reduce height by approximately 6 to 8ms to leave at 4ms to reform lower crown, alleviate weight on cavity and counter lean;

Received
20 March 2023
Ward
BUMPSTEAD
  1. Received20 Mar
  2. Validated20 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target1 May
  5. Decided24 Apr

Decided in 35 days

About this application

This is a tree application at The Old Rectory The Street Birdbrook Essex CO9 4BW. Braintree has handled 710 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 days. The site is in the Birdbrook conservation area. There have been 9 other applications at this address. We hold 1,253 applications in total for the CO9 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
CO9 4BW
Application type
Works to Trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Birdbrook Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 March 2023
Target decision date
1 May 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Acacia Tree Surgery Ltd 63 Winfold Road Waterbeach CB25 9PR

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Birdbrook
  • 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.

Planning history at this site

13 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2022
    11 Dec

    Notice of intent to carry out works to trees in a Conservation Area:Sycamore tree - Rot at the base - fell…

    ApprovedWorks to Trees in Conservation Area22/03358/TPOCON
  2. 2022
    9 Nov

    Paddle court within residential garden

    RefusedHouseholder22/03047/HH
  3. 2022
    4 Jul

    Replacement of existing rear conservatory with single-storey rear extension.

    ApprovedHouseholder22/01765/HH
  4. 2022
    3 May

    Application for Certificate of Lawfulness for proposed development - Proposed single storey rear extension.

    WithdrawnLawful Development Certificate(Proposed)22/01158/PLD
  5. 2021
    17 Nov

    Notice of intent to carry out works to trees in a Conservation Area - T1( in red on sketch map) Ash tree…

    ApprovedWorks to Trees in Conservation Area21/03399/TPOCON
  6. 2021
    5 Oct

    Notice of intent to carry out works to trees in a Conservation Area - Works to various trees as described in…

    PendingWorks to Trees in Conservation Area21/03014/TPOCON

Source: Braintree

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