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6 Old Magistrates Court Witham Essex CM8 2FT

23/02259/TPOCONWorks to Trees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 9 October 2023

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:Silver Birch -Reduce by 1-1.5m and crown lift canopy by 2.5m

Received
6 September 2023
Ward
WITHAM CENTRAL
  1. Received6 Sep
  2. Validated6 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target18 Oct
  5. Decided9 Oct

Decided in 33 days

About this application

This is a tree application at 6 Old Magistrates Court Witham Essex CM8 2FT. Braintree has handled 710 applications of this type. This one was decided in 33 days. The site is in the Witham Town Centre conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 270 applications in total for the CM8 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
CM8 2FT
Application type
Works to Trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Witham Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 September 2023
Target decision date
18 October 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
7

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: Witham Town Centre
  • 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: Braintree

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