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15-17 Freshwell Street Saffron Walden Essex CB10 1BY

UTT/23/2263/TCATree Works NotificationApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 7 September 2023

Council decision: Tree No ObjectionsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

1no. Pine - 1-2m crown reduction, reduce crown to clear wires by up to 1m. 1no. Yew - reduce house side crown by up to 1.5m 1no.Yew - reduce house side crown by up to 1.5m. 1no. Prunus - reduce house side crown by up to 1m 1no. Beech - reduce limb growing over garden of number 15-17 by up to 2m to clear boundary.

Received
5 September 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Saffron Walden Audley
  1. Received5 Sep
  2. Validated5 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target17 Oct
  5. Decided7 Sep

Decided in 2 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 15-17 Freshwell Street Saffron Walden Essex CB10 1BY. Uttlesford has handled 389 applications of this type. This one was decided in 2 days, 7 weeks quicker than Uttlesford's typical decision time. The site is in the Saffron Walden conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 78 applications across Saffron Walden Audley. We hold 1,334 applications in total for the CB10 postcode area.

98% of trees applications at Uttlesford District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
CB10 1BY
Application type
Tree Works Notification
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Saffron Walden

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 September 2023
Target decision date
17 October 2023
Permission expires
7 September 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mercer Tree Services Ltd 10 Petlands Saffron Walden CB10 1XF

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12434759
Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Saffron Walden 1
  • Listed building: Grade II: 15, Freshwell StreetOn this site · +2 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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: Uttlesford

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