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Beechwood House The Beeches Royston Road Wendens Ambo Saffron Walden Essex CB11 4LN

UTT/25/3305/TPOTree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 18 December 2025

Council decision: Tree GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Reduce height by 4 metres and reduce lateral branches by 1.5 metres of 1no. Silver Birch. Reduce crown by 2 metres of 3no. Yew trees

Received
9 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Littlebury, Chesterford And Wendens Loft
  1. Received9 Dec
  2. Validated9 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target3 Feb
  5. Decided18 Dec

Decided in 9 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Beechwood House The Beeches Royston Road Wendens Ambo Saffron Walden Essex CB11 4LN. Uttlesford has handled 389 applications of this type. This one was decided in 9 days, 6 weeks quicker than Uttlesford's typical decision time. The site is in the Wendens Ambo conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 77 applications across Littlebury, Chesterford And Wendens Loft. We hold 772 applications in total for the CB11 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
CB11 4LN
Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wendens Ambo

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 December 2025
Target decision date
3 February 2026
Decision issued
19 December 2025
Permission expires
19 December 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
Happy Branches Tree Surgery
Agent address
Happy Branches Tree Surgery 6 The Stackyard Ickleton CB10 1TG

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14550224
Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Wendens Ambo
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 1/78/29-543Part of the site · +1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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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