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Thrift Wood Scout Adult Training Centre Orchard Avenue Brentwood Essex CM13 2DY

23/00594/TPOTree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 23 June 2023

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

(T1) Oak - Crown Reduction - Reducing spread of the tree over the garden by up to 3m. (G1) Hornbeam Coppice -3x Hornbeam closest to the fence and crown lift/cut back all other trees along fence line to reduce canopy overhang into garden (TPO5/1948).

Received
15 May 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hutton South
Agent
Prince Arboriculture ltd
  1. Received15 May
  2. Validated15 May
  3. Consult.14 Jun
  4. Target10 Jul
  5. Decided23 Jun

Decided in 39 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Thrift Wood Scout Adult Training Centre Orchard Avenue Brentwood Essex CM13 2DY. Brentwood has handled 283 applications of this type. This one was decided in 39 days, 2 weeks quicker than Brentwood's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 74 applications across Hutton South. We hold 845 applications in total for the CM13 postcode area.

99% of trees applications at Brentwood Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
CM13 2DY
Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 May 2023
Consultation expiry
14 June 2023
Neighbour consultation end
14 June 2023
Target decision date
10 July 2023
Permission expires
23 June 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Prince Arboriculture ltd
Agent address
25 Vernon Crescent Brentwood CM13 2BH

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12162719
Comments
0
Documents
4
Constraints
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Green belt: Brentwood
  • Ancient woodland: Thrift Wood
  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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, 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

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2023
    13 Nov

    G1 Poplar section fell approximately 20 trees to ground level due to several tree and limb failures. The…

    ApprovedTree Preservation Order23/01403/TPO
  2. 2018
    13 Sep

    T1-2 Hornbeam Re-pollard two smallest trees nearest garden, to maintain the Pollard stools, T2-4 Hornbeam…

    ApprovedTree Preservation Order18/01441/TPO
  3. 2018
    13 Aug

    T1 Oak (TPO5/1948) Crown lift over Conifer (woodland tree)

    ApprovedTree Preservation Order18/01294/TPO
  4. 2016
    26 Nov

    T1-T25 Poplar fell to ground level, G1 Hornbeam re-coppice 10 x Coppice stands TPO05/1948

    ApprovedTree Preservation Order16/01656/TPO
  5. 2016
    18 Feb

    T1 Hornbeam, fell to ground level. This tree is leaning at 45% T2 Hornbeam, Pollard at 8ft (Tree to the rear…

    RefusedTree Preservation Order16/00240/TPO
  6. 2015
    23 Oct

    Holly - to be felled, Hornbeam - crown lift and two to be felled to ground level, Oaks - remove deal limbs…

    ApprovedTree Preservation Order15/01378/TPO

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