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5 Bridge Street Writtle Chelmsford CM1 3EY

24/05661/CATTreesApproved

Approved on 8 October 2024

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Proposal

Sycamore - Located between 5 and 7 Bridge Street - Crown lift by 3m. Reason: To allow more light into the rear garden of 5 Bridge Sreet which is already darkened by large surrounding sycamore in 3 Bridge street and three large poplars in front garden of 9 Bridge street and very large Lime trees in 13 Bridge street Garden.

Received
30 August 2024
  1. Received30 Aug
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.16 Sep
  4. Target
  5. Decided8 Oct

Decided in 39 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 5 Bridge Street Writtle Chelmsford CM1 3EY. Chelmsford has handled 913 applications of this type. This one was decided in 39 days, 10 days quicker than Chelmsford's typical decision time. The site is in the Writtle conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 978 applications in total for the CM1 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
CM1 3EY
Application type
Trees
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Validated
30 August 2024
Consultation expiry
16 September 2024
Consultation end
16 September 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13295137
Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Writtle 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

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© 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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