78 The Street Little Waltham Chelmsford Essex CM3 3NT
Proposal
x1 Pine tree (number 1)- reduce by 2.5m in height front garden, x1 Pine tree (Number 2) - reduce 3.5m in height side garden, x1 Silver birch (number 3) - reduce 3m back to good growth points over pond side garden, x1 Maple (number 4) - reduce by 2.5m side garden, x1 Poplar (Number 5) - reduce by 2.5m side garden, severely encroaching over neighbor. Reason: To maintain the size of the trees for the size of the garden they are in.
- Received
- 20 March 2025
- Decided
- 30 April 2025
- Council
- Chelmsford City Council
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- ReceivedSubmitted20 Mar
- ValidatedValidated
- Consult.Consultation17 Apr
- TargetTarget Date1 May
- DecidedDecided30 Apr
Decided in 41 days (council typically 49)
This is a tree application at 78 The Street Little Waltham Chelmsford Essex CM3 3NT. Chelmsford has handled 914 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 36 days. This one was decided in 41 days, 5 days longer than Chelmsford's median. The site is in the Little Waltham conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. We hold 2,930 applications in total for the CM3 postcode area.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20246 Nov
Oak tree - Crown reduction by 2 1/2- 3m Reason: Very close to neighbours property
ApprovedTrees24/05707/CAT - 201625 Oct
Amended Specification: T1 Oak - reduce one side by 2m. Reason: balance crown after neighbour pruned to…
ApprovedTrees16/05613/CAT - 201517 Apr
Spruce trees x 2 fell, no replanting - low amenity value, high crown therefore effected by high winds…
ApprovedTrees15/05539/CAT
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 (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.
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