Skylarks Bury Road Pleshey Chelmsford CM3 1HB
Approved on 25 March 2026
Proposal
1x Crab Apple (labelled 3 on site plan) - Reduce by 1m. Reason - to reshape, remove deadwood and old stubs. 1x Walnut (labelled 4 on the site plan) - Crown lift canopy to 3m above ground level, remove deadwood over 40mm. Reason - To improve ground clearance. 1x Walnut (labelled 5 on site plan) - Crown lift canopy to 3m above ground level. Reduce low lateral limb by 3.5m to growth point at 3m. Remove deadwood over 40mm. Reason - To lessen loading on exposed limb. 1x Walnut (labelled 6 on site plan) - Reduce end weight on low lateral limb framework by 2m. Crown lift low canopy to 3m above ground level. Remove deadwood over 40mm. Reason - To lessen wind loading. 1x Walnut (labelled 7 on site plan)- Reduce canopy by 3m. Crown lift low canopy to 3m above ground level. Remove deadwood over 40mm. Reason - To lessen loading on low forks and limb with Inonotus. 1x Apple (labelled 8 on site plan)- Crown thin by 10-15%. Remove major deadwood and old stubs. Reason - To tidy appearance.
- Received
- 20 February 2026
- Council
- Chelmsford City Council
- ReceivedReceived20 Feb
- ValidatedValidated
- Consult.Consultation17 Mar
- TargetTarget Date3 Apr
- DecidedDecided25 Mar
Decided in 33 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a tree application at Skylarks Bury Road Pleshey Chelmsford CM3 1HB. 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 Pleshey conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 2,973 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 1HB
- Application type
- Trees
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Validated
- 20 February 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 17 March 2026
- Consultation end
- 17 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 3 April 2026
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14700863
- Documents
- 2
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Pleshey 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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