28 Lodge Road Writtle Chelmsford Essex CM1 3HB

1. 7 Jun 2018

   Received by Chelmsford

2. 5 Jul 2018

   Decision issued: Granted subject to conditions

3. 1 Oct 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

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• 40 Lodge Road Writtle Chelmsford Essex CM1 3HB

  26/00468/DOC/1 Submitted 5 Aug 2026 50 yards away

  Condition 3 - External Materials

  Granted

• 17 Lodge Road Writtle Chelmsford Essex CM1 3HY

  20/05064/TPO Submitted 27 Mar 2020 50 yards away

  PICTURE 1 G3 : YEW : Crown reduction/crown raise 2.5m : to cut back from roadside/pond area. PICTURE 2 G3 : Crown raise 2.5m/crown reduction 2m : to cut back from roadside/fence to allow for new hedging to pass through. PICTURES 3/4 G3: YEW : Crown lift 2m/crown raise 2m: to cut back from more dominant tree and bring it to order. PICTURES 5/6 G3: YEW : Crown lift 2.5m/crown raise 2m : to cut back from roadside/fence to allow for new hedging to pass through. PICTURE 7 G3 : YEW : Crown raise 1m away from road. PICTURE 8 G3: YEW : Fell. Only several live branches. This is not a tree anymore, and needs to be removed along with the large growth of ivy attached to it. PICTURE 9 G3: YEW : CROWN raise 2.5m away from dominant tree. PICTURE 10 G2 : YEW : Crown raise 1 branch 3m away from pond and rest 2m to tidy up. PICTURE 11 G4: YEW : Crown raise 2m to tidy up. PICTURE 12 T7 : YEW : Crown raise and lift 3m as branches are totally out of control and unkempt.

  Withdrawn Trees 15 docs
  Small domestic

• 17 Lodge Road Writtle Chelmsford Essex CM1 3HY

  19/05546/CAT Submitted 30 Jul 2019 50 yards away

  T1 - Cherry - north of pond - Remove due to suffocation by ivy. T2 - Conifer - north of garden - Fell as tree is too close to property. T3 - Holly - south area of garden - Remove due to overcrowding. T4 - Osmanthus - south of pond - Reduce crown width and height to 1.5m - Allow new growth. Escallonia - south of pond - Remove as dead. T5 - Willow - near west of pond - Fell due to inner core being dead. G1 - Yew - x6 - rear garden, around east side of pond - Fell due to being poor specimens; Elderberry - Fell as dead; Cherry - x3 - Fell as leaning into pond area; Hazel - x4 - Coppice due to overgrowth; Hawthorn - x13 - Fell as mixture of dead tree, overcrowding and encroaching; Sycamores - x2 - Remove as overcrowded and leaning into pond; Alder - Fell as falling into pond. G2 - Cherry Laurel - x5; Yew - x5; Variegated Laurel, Privet - x2; Viburnum - x4 - west part of garden - Remove to replace with continuous hedging.

  Granted Trees 5 docs

• 17 Lodge Road Writtle Chelmsford Essex CM1 3HY

  19/05100/TPO Submitted 5 Jun 2019 50 yards away

  G1 - Yew - Fell - Reason: Too close to house, causing damage; G2 - Sycamore - Fell - Reason: Tree is in bad health; G3 - 6x Yew - Fell - Reason: Imposing onto other trees and pond area, need to make space for new hedge; G4 - 2x Yew - Fell - Reason: To allow for planting of new hedge; G4 - Holly - Fell - Reason: To allow for planting of new hedge; T4 - Yew - Crown reduction by 2m - Reason: General tree maintenance; T7 - Yew - Fell - Reason: Tree is unkempt and not in keeping with the garden scene.

  Awaiting decision Trees 7 docs

• 17 Lodge Road Writtle Chelmsford Essex CM1 3HY

  20/05119/TPO Submitted 18 Jun 2020 50 yards away

  T5 Western Red Cedar - 3metre crown lift including dropper branches. T6 Sycamore - crown lift to 5metres over pond side only back to suitable growth points, and crown lift over Lodge Road footpath by 2.5m. G2 - 1x Yew crown reduce 2metres from pond side only, and crown lift over Lodge Road footpath by 2.5m. G3 northernmost Yew adjacent to T6 Sycamore remove lateral extending south back to branch collar, reduced remaining crown over pond by 2metres, and crown lift over Lodge Road footpath by 2.5m. G3 second northernmost Yew adjacent to pond, fell due to poor form. G3 Yew growing into railings and east of hazel stool, fell due to poor form. G3 Yew adjacent to Turkey Oak, fell suppressed by Oak and poor form, G3 Yews remaining Yews to received dead wooding and ivy cleared, and crown lift over Lodge Road footpath by 2.5m. G3 Turkey Oak reduce lowest western branch over pond back to suitable growth point. T7 Yew - side lateral reduction of 2.5metres only. T9 Holly - formative prune to shape. T4 Yew - crown reduce by 1 1.5metres, remove lowest lateral branch. T2 Yew Crown reduction 2m and removal of branches over garage. Reasons: cut back from pond/road area, allow for new hedging, dominant tree, broken branches, reshape/tidy, allow light to bowling green.

  Granted Trees 5 docs

• 17 Lodge Road Writtle Chelmsford Essex CM1 3HY

  18/05081/TPO Submitted 15 May 2018 50 yards away

  G2 Sycamore, G3 Turkey Oak and T6 Sycamore - Refer to Site Plan for location - Crown lift limbs to a height of 7-8 metres. Reasons: G2 & G3 are overgrown and lower limbs are overhanging pond and protruding through the fence into the public walkway. T6 needs to be cut away from the overhead power cables.

  Refused Trees 4 docs
  Small domestic

• 25/01424/S73/1 Awaiting decision

  Fabbro Manor Goatsmoor Lane Stock Ingatestone Essex CM4 9RS

  Removal of condition 4 to approved planning permission 25/01424/FUL (Proposed new stables) BNG off site credits bought, no habitat management plan needed.

  Received 4 Sep, published by the council 11 Sep 2026 Conditions
• 22/00032/DOC/3 Awaiting decision

  2 Tower Road Writtle Chelmsford Essex CM1 3NR

  Condition 7 - Hard and Soft Landscape Works

  Received 27 Aug, published by the council 2 Sep 2026 Conditions
• 22/00032/DOC/2 Awaiting decision

  2 Tower Road Writtle Chelmsford Essex CM1 3NR

  Condition 3 Materials, Condition 6 Boundary treatments

  Received 25 Aug, published by the council 2 Sep 2026 Conditions
• 18/01631/S73/2 Awaiting decision

  Harvard Hall 140 Mill Road Stock Ingatestone

  Removal of condition 20 to approved planning application 18/01631/FUL (Construction of 9 no. Apartments with associated access, parking and landscaping) Carbon threshold being exceeded.

  Received 21 Aug, published by the council 4 Sep 2026 Conditions
• 26/00505/DOC/1 Awaiting decision

  Bellevue South Hanningfield Road South Hanningfield Chelmsford Essex CM3 8HJ

  Condition 3 - Finished levels, Condition 4 - Materials, Condition 5 - Boundary treatments & Condition 7 - Hard and Soft Landscaping

  Received 17 Aug, published by the council 26 Aug 2026 Conditions