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188 New London Road Chelmsford CM2 0AR

26/05602/CATTreesApproved

Approved on 27 April 2026

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

x1 Holly bush - Reduction by 2m x1 Holly bush - Reduction by 3m. Reason: To tidy up street view of house and driveway. x2 Lime trees - Located in back garden - 5m crown reduction and removal of any dead branches. x1 Lime tree- Located in back garden - Re pollard. x2 Holly bush - Located in back garden - Reduction of up to 5m. Reason: Blocking all light into garden and killing other trees and plants x1 Holly bush - Located in back garden - Fell. Reason: Blocking light into garden and preventing growth of other plants and flowers. x1 (Southern) Catalpa - Located in back garden - 3m crown reduction. Reason: Getting too large and close to neighbours house/windows x1 Pear tree - Located in back garden - Fell. Reason: Trunk very close at the roots to brick wall which separates garden from adjoining neighbour and concern it will pull wall down Reason: To keep garden tidy. No works have been done to trees for 5 years. Tree are over growing.

Received
25 March 2026
  1. Received25 Mar
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.21 Apr
  4. Target6 May
  5. Decided27 Apr

Decided in 33 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 188 New London Road Chelmsford CM2 0AR. Chelmsford has handled 913 applications of this type. This one was decided in 33 days, 2 weeks quicker than Chelmsford's typical decision time. The site is in the Chelmsford New London Road conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 754 applications in total for the CM2 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
CM2 0AR
Application type
Trees
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Validated
25 March 2026
Consultation expiry
21 April 2026
Consultation end
21 April 2026
Target decision date
6 May 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13839059
Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Chelmsford New London Road Conservation Area
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage 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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