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The Elder Cottage Bambers Green Road Takeley Bishops Stortford CM22 6PD

UTT/25/3109/TPOTree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 20 November 2025

Council decision: Tree GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Works to 1no. Oak tree (T1) consisting of a 3M crown reduction, a 3M crown lift and deadwood removal. To preserve the health of the tree and increase the amount of light in the property.

Received
17 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Takeley
  1. Received17 Nov
  2. Validated17 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target12 Jan
  5. Decided20 Nov

Decided in 3 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Elder Cottage Bambers Green Road Takeley Bishops Stortford CM22 6PD. Uttlesford has handled 389 applications of this type. This one was decided in 3 days, 7 weeks quicker than Uttlesford's typical decision time. The site is in 8 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 87 applications across Takeley. We hold 1,229 applications in total for the CM22 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
CM22 6PD
Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Takeley

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 November 2025
Target decision date
12 January 2026
Permission expires
20 November 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
Essex Tree Masters
Agent address
Essex Tree Masters 2 Collins Villas Aythorpe Roding Great Dunmow Essex CM6 1PF

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14496159
Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II: Elder CottageOn or next to this site
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 22/98/62-1995Part of the site · +1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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: Uttlesford

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