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Hill Farm Bishops Stortford Road Roxwell Chelmsford CM1 4LJ

26/05132/TPOTreesApproved

Approved on 5 August 2026

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

T1 - Willow- Fell to ground level. Reason - tree is exhibiting extensive top-down crown dieback, with the majority of the upper canopy consisting of bare, dead wood posing a significant safety hazard and risk to adjacent property.

Received
30 June 2026
  1. Received30 Jun
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.24 Jul
  4. Target25 Aug
  5. Decided5 Aug

Decided in 36 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Hill Farm Bishops Stortford Road Roxwell Chelmsford CM1 4LJ. Chelmsford has handled 913 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days, 13 days quicker than Chelmsford's typical decision time. 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 4LJ
Application type
Trees
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Validated
30 June 2026
Consultation expiry
24 July 2026
Consultation end
24 July 2026
Target decision date
25 August 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15008035
Documents
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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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