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38 Finchland View South Woodham Ferrers Chelmsford Essex CM3 5GA

26/05001/TPOTreesApproved

Approved on 3 March 2026

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T4 Oak - Located in rear garden of property - 2 m crown reduction. Reason: The current size of the tree would suggest, roots will soon be nearing foundations of the house.

Received
15 January 2026
  1. Received15 Jan
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.25 Feb
  4. Target12 Mar
  5. Decided3 Mar

Decided in 47 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 38 Finchland View South Woodham Ferrers Chelmsford Essex CM3 5GA. Chelmsford has handled 913 applications of this type. This one was decided in 47 days. There are no previous applications recorded 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 5GA
Application type
Trees
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Validated
15 January 2026
Consultation expiry
25 February 2026
Consultation end
25 February 2026
Target decision date
12 March 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14601372
Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

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Source: Chelmsford

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