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The White House South Street Great Waltham Chelmsford Essex CM3 1DF

Granted Chelmsford 20/05515/CAT Trees

Works: Trees

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Large Sycamore (side of property) - T1 - Reduce by approx 3 metres to previous reduction points. Remove major dead wood - Reason: To keep within managed regime. Sycamore (In corner) - T2 - Reduce by approx 5 metres to previous reduction points. Remove major dead wood. Sever Ivy - Reason: To keep within managed regime. Lombardy Poplar (Rear boundary) - T3 - Reduce by approx 7 metres to previous pollard points. Remove dead wood - Reason: to keep within managed regime.

As published by the council, reference 20/05515/CAT

Application record

Reference
20/05515/CAT
Type
Trees
Status
No Objection
Decision
Granted As published: Permitted
Received
29 Jan 2020
Validated
29 Jan 2020
Decided
5 Mar 2020
Postcode
CM3 1DF

Site history

Applications at this address on the Chelmsford register

This site has had 3 applications since 2019: 3 approved, 0 refused.

  • 24/05702/CAT Granted

    The White House South Street Great Waltham Chelmsford Essex CM3 1DF

    Sycamore (Marked T1) - 6m pollard - Reason: decay and fungal growth problems. Tree is certainly coming towards the end of its life and the customer wants to pollard it to a safe height. Fungal brackets in the centre of the tree and large areas of deadwood. Tree overhangs an entrance to a park and building close by. Hedgerow (Marked T2)(at the front) - To be reduced by 3ft and tidied up on either side. - Reason: General Maintenance 3 x Hazels (Marked T3) - To be felled to ground level and stumps ground out; Damson (Marked T4) - Fell - Reason: Dropping plums on next doors patio and causing slip hazard problems for the neighbour. 3 x Conifers (Marked T5) - Fell and grind the stump (approx 6ft tall); Sycamore (Marked T6) - Fell and grind the stump - Reason: Growing too close to the neighbours fence and property, also very close to the oil tank and concrete pad which the tanks situated on. (Potential subsidence problems in the future) Conifer (Marked T7) - Fell and grind the stump - Reason: Too close to next doors fence and property (potential subsidence problems in the future) ready for new more manageable trees to be planted. Poplar (Marked T8) - Crown reduction of 3m to old points, and deadwood removal if needed;

    Decided 30 Oct 2024 Trees
  • 19/00624/FUL Granted

    The White House South Street Great Waltham Chelmsford Essex CM3 1DF

    Single storey rear extension. Form path with low level wall.

    Decided 20 May 2019 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 29 Jan 2020

    Received by Chelmsford

  2. 5 Mar 2020

    Decision issued: Permitted

  3. 25 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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3 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Chelmsford granted permission on 5 March 2020, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

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