The Vicarage Church Road Boreham Chelmsford CM3 3EG

17/05106/TPOTreesApproved

Approved on 18 July 2017

Proposal

Holm Oak Tree - Left hand boundary with The Willows - Reduce height by 4 metres. Reduce branches on neighbours side (27/29 The Willows) back to the boundary line - Reason: Neighbours complaining of overhang, lack of light to garden and loss of TV signal.

Received: 26 May 2017
Council: Chelmsford City Council

ReceivedReceived26 May
ValidatedValidated26 May
Consult.Consultation22 Jun
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided18 Jul

Decided in 53 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Vicarage Church Road Boreham Chelmsford CM3 3EG. Chelmsford has handled 913 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 4 days longer than Chelmsford's typical decision time. The site is in 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 6 other applications at this address. We hold 2,982 applications in total for the CM3 postcode area.

97% of trees applications at Chelmsford City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode: CM3 3EG
Application type: Trees
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 26 May 2017
Consultation expiry: 22 June 2017
Consultation end: 22 June 2017
Application expires: 21 July 2017

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 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.

Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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.

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6 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Chelmsford

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