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53 New Street Chelmsford CM1 1AT

Granted Chelmsford 23/05503/CAT Trees

Works: Trees

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

Proposal

T902 and T979 (on map)- Alder- remove major deadwood; T905 (on map)- Horse Chestnut- Reduce round street lamp to give 1m clearance; T910,T911, T949, T969,T971, T926,T927, T940,T965,T970, T985, T987 (on map)- Sycamore- remove major deadwood; T914 and T942 (on map)- Scots Pine- remove major deadwood; T922, T923, T924, T929, T930, T932 (on map)- Honey Locust- remove major deadwood; T925 (on map) - Holly & Sycamore - Remove deadwood and ivy and reduce by 2m to give clearance to Building; T946 (on map)- London Plane- clear access to main stem and remove major deadwood; T948 (on map)- Lime- fell tree to ground level, replacement plant; T950 (on map)- Black Cherry - Reduce to provide clearance of 1.5m from camera and lamp. Reason:To provide clearance to buildings and street furniture, to avoid future problems; T954 and T956 (on map)- Silver Birch - remove major deadwood; T974 (on map)- Sycamore- remove dead climber from crown and selectively prune. Reason: To provide clearance to neighbouring building; T975 (on map)- fell to ground level; T908 (on map)- Common Oak- remove ivy and major deadwood; T913 (on map)- Woodland group- remove deadwood and standing dead stems; T915 and T917 (on map)- Bird Cherry- remove major deadwood; T935 (on map)- Ash- remove major deadwood, pullback ivy to ground and install mulching ring and potassium phosphites drench; T938 (on map)- Sycamore- remove ivy; T944 (on map)- Ash- remove if no bud burst this season; T953 (on map)- Turkey Oak- remove broken branch.

As published by the council, reference 23/05503/CAT

Application record

Reference
23/05503/CAT
Type
Trees
Status
No Objection
Decision
Granted As published: Permitted
Received
13 Dec 2022
Validated
13 Dec 2022
Decided
19 Jan 2023
Postcode
CM1 1AT

Site history

Applications at this address on the Chelmsford register

This site has had 2 applications since 2022: 1 approved, 0 refused.

  • 26/01108/LBC Awaiting decision

    53 New Street Chelmsford CM1 1AT

    Proposed fencing

    Submitted 25 Aug 2026 Heritage and listed buildings

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 13 Dec 2022

    Received by Chelmsford

  2. 19 Jan 2023

    Decision issued: Permitted

  3. 23 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

6 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Chelmsford granted permission on 19 January 2023, 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.

About tree works applications

Applications for works to trees cover protected trees: consent under a tree preservation order, or six weeks notice for trees in a conservation area. More in our guide to planning application types.

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