Merefields Main Road Little Waltham Chelmsford Essex CM3 3PA
Proposal
T2 - (Marked T1 on map) - Lime - Raise crown by 5m - Reason - To allow drive access. G1: Limes x2 - (Marked T2 T3 on attached map) - Pollard back to previous points due to weak and poor unions from previous pollard and increased amenity value; G2: Purple Beech - (Marked T12 on attached map) - Crown reduction of 2-3 metres to ensure structural integrity of lateral spread due to cavity located on the west 2metres up with dessicated fungi noted, structural integrity compromised due to stem decay ; Limes x2 - (Marked T13 and T14 on attached map) - To be thinned by 20%, raise crowns by 5 m and dead wood removed over 50mm in diameter; Purple Beech - (Marked T15 on attached map) - Fell to ground level - Reason - To Ustulina deusta rotten stem; Limes - (Marked T17,T18,T19,T20, on attached map) - Remove dead wood 50 mm in diameter over Public footpath with high footfall; Wellingtonia - (Marked T22 T23 on attached map) - To remove all dead wood over 50mm in diameter to encourage and prolong good health within the trees, dead wood within falling distance of main driveway
- Received
- 13 July 2022
- Decided
- 7 September 2022
- Council
- Chelmsford City Council
- ReceivedReceived13 Jul
- ValidatedValidated13 Jul
- Consult.Consultation4 Aug
- TargetTarget Date7 Sep
- DecidedDecided7 Sep
Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)
This is a tree application at Merefields Main Road Little Waltham Chelmsford Essex CM3 3PA. Chelmsford has handled 913 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 37 days. This one was decided in 56 days, 3 weeks longer than Chelmsford's median. There have been 10 other applications at this address. We hold 2,935 applications in total for the CM3 postcode area.
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Planning history at this site
10 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202316 Nov
Excavation of pond with the erection of a cabin and jetty.
RefusedFull23/01747/FUL - 202327 Jan
Proposed detached double garage with new gate and wall. Associated landscaping.
ApprovedFull22/02278/FUL - 202226 Oct
T1 - Oak - Remove dead wood over 50mm in diameter - Reason: To promote good health within canopy and remove…
ApprovedTrees22/05196/TPO - 20228 Mar
New entrance and exit gates with brick piers and boundary walls
ApprovedFull22/00425/FUL - 201915 Apr
Condition 4 - Arboricultural method statement; Condition 5 - TPO plan; Condition 6 - Written scheme of…
ConditionsDischarge of conditions16/00745/DOC/1 - 20166 May
Formation of a new vehicular access serving the existing residential property.
ApprovedFull16/00745/FUL - 20146 Nov
Non-material amendment to planning permission 12/01616/FUL
ApprovedNon-material amendment12/01616/NMAT/2 - 201421 Aug
Condition 2 - Details of materials
ApprovedDischarge of conditions12/01616/AOD/2 - 20147 Apr
Non material amendment to planning permission 12/01616/FUL
ApprovedNon-material amendment12/01616/NMAT/1 - 20147 Feb
Condition 2 - Details of Materials: Condition 4 - Arboricultural Method Statement; Condition 5 - Drainage…
ApprovedDischarge of conditions12/01616/AOD/1
Planning constraints
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.
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