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Woodland South Of Balls Farm Larks Lane Great Waltham Chelmsford Essex

18/05012/TPOTreesApproved

Approved on 8 March 2018

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Proposal

T85 Ash - Remove major deadwood to 25mm in diameter throughout whole crown area. T87 & T88 Ash - Retrenchment prune and manage as a veteran tree. T90 Hornbeam - Retrenchment pruning to reduce end loading and treat as a veteran tree. T91 Hornbeam - Remove major deadwood 25mm in diameter throughout whole crown area and treat as a veteran tree. T92 Sweet Chestnut - Fell to ground level. T94 Ash - Fell to ground level. T95 Ash - Reduce the height and spread by up ro 4m and manage as a veteran tree. T96 Ash - Coppice. Aspen (not tagged) - Fell to ground level. Reason: Works relate to recommendations within a recent Tree Condition survey carried out by Writtle Forest Consultancy Ltd, 170608-1338 - Tercel Wood - Condition Report v2.

Received
18 January 2018
  1. Received18 Jan
  2. Validated18 Jan
  3. Consult.16 Feb
  4. Target
  5. Decided8 Mar

Decided in 49 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Woodland South Of Balls Farm Larks Lane Great Waltham Chelmsford Essex. Chelmsford has handled 913 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days. There have been 2 other applications at this address.

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

Application type
Trees
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 January 2018
Consultation expiry
16 February 2018
Consultation end
16 February 2018

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-06671037
Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Ancient woodland: Sparrowhawk Wood
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

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, 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

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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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