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Barons Court Primary School And Nursery Avenue Road Westcliff-On-Sea Essex SS0 7PJ

20/02175/TCATree(s) in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 29 January 2021

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Fell three sycamore trees (T15, T22, T23), remove stubs and damaged branches to 1.8m above ground level to one Field Maple tree (T2), remove dead wood over 30mm diameter from crown and crown lift to 2.5m above ground level over public footpath to one Common Lime tree (T3) and one Horse Chestnut tree (T4), remove dead wood over 30mm diameter from crown to one Horse Chestnut tree (T5), reduce reactive growth on lateral limb on north side of tree by 1-1.5m to reduce lever arm stress on attachment points to one English Oak tree (T6), reduce crown height and spread by 1.5-2m to manage crown and lever arm stress on leaning stem to one Sycamore tree (T7), reduce crown to previous point to reduce lever arm stress over potentially weak attachment points to one Sycamore tree (T8), prune to clear streetlight by approximately 1m and clear growth below light to allow better illumination of street to one Field Maple tree (T9), crown reduce by 0.5-1m to one Common Oak tree (T13), reduce low lateral limbs over car park entrance by 0.5-1m to reduce end weight to one Horse Chestnut tree (T14), reduce crown height and lateral spread by 1.5-2m and prune to clear adjacent building by 1m to one sycamore tree (T16), thin crown by 10% to one Field Maple tree (T17), crown reduce by approximately 0.5m to reduce weight and lever arm stress on weakened structure to one English Oak tree (T19), remove stubs from previous pruning to one wild cherry tree (T20), crown lift to 2.5m over public footpath to one Hawthorn tree (T21), prune group of mixed trees (G2) to provide 1-1.5m clearance from garage roof and crown lift leaning Hawthorn trees in group to provide 2m clearance over footpath, prune to clear recently installed structure by 1m where possible one group of Crataegus monogyna (G3), prune group of mixed trees (G4) to maintain clearance from school building (Application for works to trees in a conservation area)

Received
18 December 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Milton
  1. Received18 Dec
  2. Validated18 Dec
  3. Consult.25 Jan
  4. Target29 Jan
  5. Decided29 Jan

Decided in 42 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Barons Court Primary School And Nursery Avenue Road Westcliff-On-Sea Essex SS0 7PJ. Southend has handled 261 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 2 weeks quicker than Southend's typical decision time. The site is in the Hessle Southfield conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 60 applications across Milton. We hold 1,220 applications in total for the SS0 postcode area.

93% of trees applications at Southend-on-Sea City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
SS0 7PJ
Application type
Tree(s) in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 December 2020
Last date for comments
25 January 2021
Target decision date
29 January 2021

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Milton Conservation Area
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage 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.

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Source: Southend

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