2 Old Bell Close Stansted Essex CM24 8JJ

UTT/26/0157/TPOTree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 30 January 2026

Council decision: Tree GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Reduction of 5no. Sycamore trees to 3-4m back to old pruning points

Received: 22 January 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Uttlesford District Council
Ward: Stansted South And Birchanger

ReceivedReceived22 Jan
ValidatedValidated22 Jan
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date19 Mar
DecidedDecided30 Jan

Decided in 8 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 2 Old Bell Close Stansted Essex CM24 8JJ. Uttlesford has handled 389 applications of this type. This one was decided in 8 days, 6 weeks quicker than Uttlesford's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 58 applications across Stansted South And Birchanger. We hold 216 applications in total for the CM24 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: CM24 8JJ
Application type: Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Stansted

Planning application dates

Date validated: 22 January 2026
Target decision date: 19 March 2026
Decision issued: 2 February 2026
Permission expires: 2 February 2028

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14643700
Documents: 5

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Tree Preservation Order: Ref 7/96/25-3754Part of the site
Green belt: UttlesfordPart of the site
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Uttlesford

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