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5 Guys Farm St Johns Green Writtle Chelmsford Essex CM1 3GA

25/05268/TPOTreesApproved

Approved on 17 December 2025

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Proposal

T3 (Marked T1 on map) - Horse Chestnut - High pollard at 1 metre above crown break, approximately 4meters removed. Remove all arisings and leaving the site tidy. Reason: To improve shape and overall health of the tree, branches overhanging main pathway

Received
22 October 2025
  1. Received22 Oct
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.25 Nov
  4. Target17 Dec
  5. Decided17 Dec

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 5 Guys Farm St Johns Green Writtle Chelmsford Essex CM1 3GA. Chelmsford has handled 913 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days longer than Chelmsford's typical decision time. The site is in the Writtle conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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 3GA
Application type
Trees
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Validated
22 October 2025
Consultation expiry
25 November 2025
Consultation end
25 November 2025
Target decision date
17 December 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14428839
Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Writtle Conservation AreaPart of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: St John'S HouseOn this site
  • Green belt: ChelmsfordNext to the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, 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.

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Source: Chelmsford

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