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5 Watts Yard The Street Manuden Essex CM23 1DN

UTT/25/3417/TCATree Works NotificationApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 29 January 2026

Council decision: Tree No ObjectionsDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Crown reduce by one third a row of Ash Trees. Reduce 1no. Norwegian Sprice by 4 metres in height and reduce its laterals to create shaping

Received
22 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Stort Valley
  1. Received22 Dec
  2. Validated22 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target2 Feb
  5. Decided29 Jan

Decided in 38 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 5 Watts Yard The Street Manuden Essex CM23 1DN. Uttlesford has handled 389 applications of this type. This one was decided in 38 days, 11 days quicker than Uttlesford's typical decision time. The site is in the Manuden conservation area, with 11 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 63 applications across Stort Valley. We hold 3,119 applications in total for the CM23 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
CM23 1DN
Application type
Tree Works Notification
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Manuden

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 December 2025
Target decision date
2 February 2026
Permission expires
29 January 2028

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14581384
Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Manuden
  • Listed building: Grade II: Watts CottageOn or next to this site
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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