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Boreham Lodge Church Road Boreham Chelmsford Essex CM3 3EG

23/05592/CATTreesApproved

Approved on 22 September 2023

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Eucalyptus x 3 along church road boundary & 2 x Eucalyptus along boundary with The Willows - 5 m reduction. Reason: They are a danger to the neighbour's property & Pushing on the brick wall. Lime within 6 m of the house - 3 m crown reduction. Reason Danger of falling branches causing damage to property. Sycamore within 6 m of the house - 2 m crown reduction. Reason Danger of falling branches causing damage to property. Poplar along neighbouring border on Church Road - reduce overhanging branch by 3 m - Reduce over hanging branch by 3m. Reason: To prevent damage to boundary wall.

Received
24 August 2023
  1. Received24 Aug
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.8 Sep
  4. Target
  5. Decided22 Sep

Decided in 29 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Boreham Lodge Church Road Boreham Chelmsford Essex CM3 3EG. Chelmsford has handled 913 applications of this type. This one was decided in 29 days, 3 weeks quicker than Chelmsford's typical decision time. The site is in the Boreham Church Road conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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 3EG
Application type
Trees
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Validated
24 August 2023
Consultation expiry
8 September 2023
Consultation end
8 September 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12401648
Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Boreham - Church Road Conservation Area
  • Listed building: Grade II: Boreham LodgeOn this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, 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

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© 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.

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Planning history at this site

8 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2024
    25 Oct

    T2 Lime crown reduction by 3m in height and 2m lateral. Reason: To maintain good health and longevity by…

    ApprovedTrees24/05706/CAT
  2. 2021
    1 Mar

    Lime - re-pollard back to previous points - reason: to maintain the tree.

    ApprovedTrees21/05526/CAT
  3. 2018
    19 Oct

    3 Eucalyptus - Reduce by 6m - Reason: Falling branches. 1 Poplar - Pollard to a height of 3m. Remove leaning…

    ApprovedTrees18/05621/CAT
  4. 2017
    27 Sep

    Eucalyptus x 5 - westside boundary - crown reduction by 5m maximum; Lime - frontage of Boreham Lodge on…

    ApprovedTrees17/05623/CAT
  5. 2015
    19 May

    Line of Leylandi adjacent to side elevation of 45 The Willows but within the curiltage of Boreham Lodge. 5…

    ApprovedTrees15/05557/CAT
  6. 2015
    27 Jan

    1.) Lime - Frontage of Boreham Lodge on boundary with number 28 - Cut back to previous cutting points2.)…

    ApprovedTrees15/05510/CAT

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