Sparrowhawks Main Road Little Waltham Chelmsford Essex CM3 3PA

23/05038/TPOTreesPermitted

Proposal

T2 (T1 on map) Oak- Prune back to old pruning points by 3m and remove deadwood from the whole crown. Reason: Overhanging the garage and growing into cables. Major deadwood to be removed as risk of falling onto pedestrians.

Received: 20 February 2023
Decided: 4 April 2023
Council: Chelmsford City Council

Approximate site (title boundary)

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ReceivedReceived20 Feb
ValidatedValidated20 Feb
Consult.Consultation22 Mar
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided4 Apr

Decided in 43 days (council typically 49)

7 weeks typical decision time in Chelmsford96% of trees applications approvedSee what's approved near your address

This is a tree application at Sparrowhawks 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 43 days, 6 days longer than Chelmsford's median. The site is in the Little Waltham conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 5 other applications at this address. We hold 2,935 applications in total for the CM3 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference

23/05038/TPO

Address

Sparrowhawks Main Road Little Waltham Chelmsford Essex CM3 3PA

Postcode

CM3 3PA

Local Authority

Chelmsford

Application Type

Trees

Scale / Size

Small

Decision Status

Permitted

Current Status

Application Permitted

Applicant & Agent

Planning Application Dates

Date Received

20 February 2023

Consultation Expiry

22 March 2023

Date Decided

4 April 2023

Date Validated

20 February 2023

Date Submitted

20 February 2023

Consultation End

22 March 2023

Planning Decision

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Planning Portal ID

PP-11950183

Documents

Coordinates

51.785225, 0.472704

Enriching application data

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Chelmsford

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Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

Planning constraints

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Little Waltham Conservation Area
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage 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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