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The Millstone Main Road Little Waltham Chelmsford Essex CM3 3PF

26/05166/TPOTreesApproved

Approved on 25 September 2026

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

Proposal

T2 - Lime - Crown reduction by up to 5m from upper vertical crown and up to 4 metres from the lateral crown, maintaining a balanced natural crown shape. Remove any dead, damaged or crossing branches identified during the works - Reason: To manage size and condition, provide clearance from overhead electricity cables and public footpath and applicants driveway, reduce end-weight of extended limbs and improve long-term structural management

Received
4 August 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 5 November 2026
  1. Received4 Aug
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.7 Sep
  4. Target29 Sep
  5. Decided25 Sep

Decided in 52 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Millstone Main Road Little Waltham Chelmsford Essex CM3 3PF. Chelmsford has handled 913 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 3 days longer than Chelmsford's typical decision time. The site is in 6 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 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 3PF
Application type
Trees
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Validated
4 August 2026
Consultation expiry
7 September 2026
Consultation end
7 September 2026
Target decision date
29 September 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15133924
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.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

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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