St Martins Church Wheelers Hill Little Waltham Chelmsford Essex CM3 3LJ
Approved on 5 August 2025
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Proposal
x1 Cypress Macrocarpa adjacent to church porch - Fell. Reason: To avoid the tree becoming a safety hazard for people using the church path.
- Received
- 26 June 2025
- Council
- Chelmsford City Council
- ReceivedReceived26 Jun
- ValidatedValidated
- Consult.Consultation25 Jul
- TargetTarget Date7 Aug
- DecidedDecided5 Aug
Decided in 40 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a tree application at St Martins Church Wheelers Hill Little Waltham Chelmsford Essex CM3 3LJ. 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 Little Waltham conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications 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 3LJ
- Application type
- Trees
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Validated
- 26 June 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 25 July 2025
- Consultation end
- 25 July 2025
- Target decision date
- 7 August 2025
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14132175
- Documents
- 3
Site 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.
A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.
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Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20269 Oct
G1-Mixed Broadleaf/Coniferous Species x9 - Coppice stems to 0.50m - Reason: defective stems within falling…
PendingApplication26/05678/CAT - 202628 Aug
T1 - Pine (Marked 1)- Remove deadwood. T2 - Oak (Marked 2) Sever ivy and remove deadwood. A1 - English Elm…
PendingApplication26/05177/TPO - 202310 Jul
Limes (Marked L1, L2, L3, L4) (Located beside the church wall adjacent to Road) - Pollard back to previous…
ApprovedTrees23/05574/CAT - 202223 Nov
Cypress (Marked T1)- Fell to the ground - Reason: Poor condition, prone to wind damage, blocking light from…
ApprovedTrees22/05613/CAT
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