Planning application
Eweland House Main Road Margaretting Ingatestone CM4 9HU
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
T1 - Oak - Reduce canopy away from building by thining extended branch tips to reduce canopy by up to 1m, crown thin by 20% & remove deadwood. T2 - Ash - Crown Lift to provide 6m clearance from ground level to remove two over extended side lateral branches from over car parking spaces. T3 - Oak - Crown Lift to provide 4m clearance from ground level, crown thin upper canopy by 20% & crown clean removing all major deadwood, crossing branches etc. T4 - Oak - Remove major deadwood throughout whole crown area (Deadwood > 25mm in diameter). T5 - Oak - Remove major deadwood throughout whole crown area (Deadwood > 25mm in diameter). T6 - Ash - Crown Reduction- Removing selected branches in the upper/outer canopy to reduce longest lateral branches to bring into shape by up to 1.5m & remove all major deadwood.
As published by the council, reference 20/05534/CAT
Application record
- Reference
- 20/05534/CAT
- Type
- Trees
- Status
- No Objection
- Decision
- Permitted
- Received
- 23 Apr 2020
- Validated
- 23 Apr 2020
- Decided
- 4 Jun 2020
- Postcode
- CM4 9HU
Site history
Applications at this address on the Chelmsford register
This site has had 2 applications since 2019: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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19/05560/CAT Granted
Eweland House Main Road Margaretting Ingatestone CM4 9HU
T1 - Fraxinus excelsior (Ash) - A 3m crown reduction is recommended due to the poor structural condition of the crown and the location of the tree. It is a historic high pollard (9m) with poor elongated and dog-legged asymmetrical regrowth which is now heavily end-weighted over the parking area and towards the main house. There are also some decay pockets at old pruning wounds, split limbs and minor deadwood in the crown. T2 - Quercus robur (English Oak) - A 2m crown reduction is recommended to balance the poor structural condition of the elongated, end-weighted phototrophic branches to the north.There is a tear out on a limb and moderate deadwood. T4 - Fraxinus excelsior (Ash) -A 2m crown reduction is recommended to improve the crown structure and balance the crown in relation to the proposed works to T1 and T2. The tree has moderate vitality and some deadwood. T12 - Fraxinus excelsior (Ash) - Deadwood removal only. T13 - Fraxinus excelsior (Ash) - Deadwood removal only.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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23 Apr 2020
Received by Chelmsford
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4 Jun 2020
Decision issued: Permitted
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8 Aug 2026
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Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
4 documents on file for this application
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About tree works applications
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