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42 Main Road Danbury Chelmsford Essex CM3 4NQ

23/05544/CATTreesApproved

Approved on 6 June 2023

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Ash (A1) crown reduction by 1.5-2m (leaving a flowing branch line where possible); Apple (AP1) crown reduction by 0.300-0.600m (leaving a flowing branch line where possible) and to also be thinned by up to 15%. Reason: Maintain/manage tree to its environment and minimise any nuisance. Pear (P1) crown reduction by up to 0.300m (leaving a flowing branch line where possible) and to also be thinned out by removing water sprouts. Reason: Maintain/manage trees to their environment and improve fruit production.

Received
27 April 2023
  1. Received27 Apr
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.24 May
  4. Target
  5. Decided6 Jun

Decided in 40 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 42 Main Road Danbury Chelmsford Essex CM3 4NQ. Chelmsford has handled 913 applications of this type. This one was decided in 40 days, 9 days quicker than Chelmsford's typical decision time. The site is in the Danbury conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 2,981 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 4NQ
Application type
Trees
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Validated
27 April 2023
Consultation expiry
24 May 2023
Consultation end
24 May 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12109371
Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Danbury 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Chelmsford

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