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5 Staffords Harlow Essex CM17 0JR

HW/TP/26/10011Works To Trees with a TPOAwaiting decision
Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

T16 - Lime Tree - Crown lift to 5m above ground level. Fell Basal growth, Reduce the height by approx. 5m. Reduce the sides to balance by approx. 2m T13 - Lime Tree - Crown lift to 5m above ground level. Reduce height by 5m , reduce sides by approx. 2-3m to balance T12 - Lime Tree - Reduce height by 6-7m to previous cutting points. Reduce side branches 2-3m to balance. Crown lift to 5m above ground level. Reduce large bough growing over the lawn area, by 4-5m T10 - Lime Tree - Crown lift to 5m above ground level. Reduce height by 5-6m, reduce neighbours side of Tree by 3-4m to balance with other side T9 - Pine Tree - Reduce 2 longer branches that stick out from the natural crown shape, back to a suitable point to balance with the rest of the Tree, (1 over lawn area, 1 towards the TV Aerial) Pine Tree reduce the 2 branches as they are a lot longer than the rest of the crown, reduce back into the crown to help prevent failure of the branches in the future

Received
27 February 2026
Decision due
10 April 2026
Public comments
1
Ward
Churchgate
Agent
Ian Allston Tree Surgery Ltd
  1. Received27 Feb
  2. Validated27 Feb
  3. Consult.23 Mar
  4. Target10 Apr
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 23 March.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (8)

About this application

This is a tree application at 5 Staffords Harlow Essex CM17 0JR. Harlow has handled 43 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 27 February 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 7 applications across Churchgate. We hold 401 applications in total for the CM17 postcode area.

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Application details

Postcode
CM17 0JR
Application type
Works To Trees with a TPO
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 February 2026
Consultation expiry
24 March 2026
Consultation start
2 March 2026
Consultation end
23 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start
3 March 2026
Neighbour consultation end
24 March 2026
Last date for comments
24 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Ian Allston Tree Surgery Ltd
Agent address
Parsonage Farm Church Road ELMSTEAD CO7 7AP

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14740401
Documents
8
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Article 4 direction: HMO - townwide
  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO/91/00018Protected tree on or next to this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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.

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