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29 Butterfield Road Boreham Chelmsford Essex CM3 3BS

22/05220/TPOTreesApproved

Approved on 19 December 2022

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Proposal

T1 Oak-Crown reduction, of 2m to 2.5 meters ,to previous pruning points plus crown thin of 10% also crown clean. Reason: tree is too large for its position it is in also restricts daylight to neighbours and our properties and gardens and also loss of light in gardens.

Received
20 November 2022
  1. Received20 Nov
  2. Validated20 Nov
  3. Consult.15 Dec
  4. Target15 Jan
  5. Decided19 Dec

Decided in 29 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 29 Butterfield Road Boreham Chelmsford Essex CM3 3BS. Chelmsford has handled 913 applications of this type. This one was decided in 29 days, 3 weeks quicker than Chelmsford's typical decision time. There have been 5 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 3BS
Application type
Trees
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 November 2022
Consultation expiry
15 December 2022
Consultation end
15 December 2022
Target decision date
15 January 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11706506
Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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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Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2022
    9 Sep

    T1 - Oak - (rear garden) - Crown Reduction by 3m - Reason: The tree is now far too large for its position…

    RefusedTrees22/05155/TPO
  2. 2017
    4 Dec

    Oak (T1) Crown reduction by 2.5m and crown thin by 15%. Reason: Shading to gardens of 65 and 63 St Andrews Rd…

    ApprovedTrees17/05261/TPO
  3. 2016
    13 Oct

    T1 Oak - Rear garden of 29 Butterfield Road - Crown reduce by 2m-2.5m and crown thin by 20%. Reason: Killing…

    RefusedTrees16/05248/TPO
  4. 2012
    12 Dec

    Oak (T1) - rear garden - crown thin by 20%, cutting to branch collar; 1.5m crown reduction, cutting to…

    ApprovedTrees12/05253/TPO
  5. 2012
    7 Jun

    Oak (T1) - rear garden - 3m crown reduction and 10% crown thin

    RefusedTrees12/05097/TPO
  6. 2007
    12 Oct

    Oak (T1) - Rear garden - crown reduce 20% (2m maximum) cutting to suitable growing points, crown thin by 10%…

    ApprovedTrees07/05279/TPO

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