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Land Adjacent 1 Hatchfields Great Waltham Chelmsford Essex

26/05623/CATTreesApproved

Approved on 15 April 2026

Proposal

T1 - Horse Chestnut - Reduce by approximately 2m, back to 2021 pollard points. Reason - Tree is in close proximity to 1 Hatchfields, concerns of potential significant damage to this property.

Received
25 March 2026
  1. Received25 Mar
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.9 Apr
  4. Target6 May
  5. Decided15 Apr

Decided in 21 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Land Adjacent 1 Hatchfields Great Waltham Chelmsford Essex. Chelmsford has handled 913 applications of this type. This one was decided in 21 days, 4 weeks quicker than Chelmsford's typical decision time. The site is in the Great Waltham conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.

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

Application type
Trees
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

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

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14794330
Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Great Waltham 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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