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Old School House Ford Lane Alresford Colchester Essex CO7 8AU

26/00455/WTPOWorks to Tree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 10 April 2026

Council decision: Approval - FullDelegated (officer decision)1 condition

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Works related to Tree Preservation Order (78/000/15/TPO) - Crown lift by 5 metres two horse chestnut trees. Reducing by 2 metre one low branch on horse chestnut.

Received
13 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Alresford & Elmstead
  1. Received13 Mar
  2. Validated13 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target8 May
  5. Decided10 Apr

Decided in 28 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Old School House Ford Lane Alresford Colchester Essex CO7 8AU. Tendring has handled 899 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 3 weeks quicker than Tendring's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 68 applications across Alresford & Elmstead. We hold 2,580 applications in total for the CO7 postcode area.

100% of trees applications at Tendring District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
CO7 8AU
Application type
Works to Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Alresford Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 March 2026
Target decision date
8 May 2026
Permission expires
10 April 2031

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Roxburgh Main Road Alresford Colchester Essex CO7 8DG

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14779011
Comments
0
Documents
6
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (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.

Source: Tendring

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