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45 Church Street Great Baddow Chelmsford Essex CM2 7JA

Granted Chelmsford 24/05640/CAT Trees

Works: Trees

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

Proposal

Holly Trees x2- (marked with a * on plan)- Reduce height of both trees to approximately 5m. Reason: The trees are on the boundary next to a very busy main road and the footpath by the road is used by school children.

As published by the council, reference 24/05640/CAT

Application record

Reference
24/05640/CAT
Type
Trees
Status
No Objection
Decision
Granted As published: Permitted
Received
31 May 2024
Decided
1 Jul 2024
Postcode
CM2 7JA

Site history

Applications at this address on the Chelmsford register

This site has had 3 applications since 2024: 3 approved, 0 refused.

  • 24/05703/CAT Granted

    45 Church Street Great Baddow Chelmsford Essex CM2 7JA

    Holly Trees x4 (shown with a * on the attached plan)- Reduce height to approx 5m. Reason: The trees are on the boundary next to a very busy main road and the footpath by the road is used by school children.

    Decided 12 Nov 2024 Trees
  • 22/00170/DOC/1 Granted

    45 Church Street Great Baddow Chelmsford Essex CM2 7JA

    Condition 4 - Large Scale Drawing - (b) Doors

    Decided 4 Jul 2024 Conditions

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 31 May 2024

    Received by Chelmsford

  2. 1 Jul 2024

    Decision issued: Permitted

  3. 17 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

4 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Chelmsford granted permission on 1 July 2024, 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.

Nearby applications

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  • 45 Church Street Great Baddow Chelmsford Essex CM2 7JA

    24/05703/CAT Submitted 15 Oct 2024 50 yards away

    Holly Trees x4 (shown with a * on the attached plan)- Reduce height to approx 5m. Reason: The trees are on the boundary next to a very busy main road and the footpath by the road is used by school children.

    Granted Trees 4 docs
  • 45 Church Street Great Baddow Chelmsford CM2 7JA

    21/05588/CAT Submitted 12 Aug 2021 50 yards away

    Yew, Elm, Walnut, Laurel, Elder - (marked 1 on map) - Prune by 0.5-1m - Reason - Vehicle access; Magnolia - (marked 2 on map) - Prune by _m - Reason - Control height and prevent branches leaning onto wall; Laurel - (marked 3 on map) - Prune by 2-3m - Reason - Tree touching the house; Leylandii (marked 4 on map) - Fell - Reason - Vehicle access, to be replaced with suitable smaller tree to screen the view and prevent either house being overlooked; Sycamore - (marked 5 on map) - Fell - Reason - Is causing issues with the wall and black railings (listed as part of Grade II Listed Building); Yew - (marked 6 on map) - Fell - Reason - Allow more light to neighbouring trees; Bay tees - (marked 7 on map) - Height reduction by 2m - Reason - Avoid overhead cables. We are ideally seeking a 5 or 10 year management plan to annually maintain vegetation growth to the finished works of this consent and to give clearance to service cables, driveway and house.

    Granted Trees 4 docs
  • 45 Church Street Great Baddow Chelmsford Essex CM2 7JA

    22/00170/DOC/1 Submitted 21 May 2024 50 yards away

    Condition 4 - Large Scale Drawing - (b) Doors

    Granted Conditions 6 docs
  • 43 Church Street Great Baddow Chelmsford Essex CM2 7JA

    24/05681/CAT Submitted 2 Sep 2024 50 yards away

    Holly and hawthorn - (western boundary, marked holly and haw) - reduce to 1.5-2M and maintain at 1.5 - 2 m as part of 5 year management plan. Reason: To facilitate pruning/maintenance and to allow unimpeded growth of Red Pittosporum. Blocking light from windows in neighbouring property

    Granted Trees 5 docs
  • 24 Church Street Great Baddow Chelmsford CM2 7HY

    19/05599/CAT Submitted 10 Oct 2019 50 yards away

    Cedar - Located in front garden - Fell tree including stump grinding - Reason: Tree is in a bad condition; Cypress Leylandii hedge - Located along western boundary - Removal of hedging - Reason: In order to gain access to cedar tree.

    Granted Trees 4 docs
  • 26 Church Street Great Baddow Chelmsford Essex CM2 7HY

    26/00369/FUL Submitted 20 Mar 2026 50 yards away

    Retrospective application for installation of a swim spa.

    Granted Full applications 6 docs

In Chelmsford

  • 26/05236/TPO Awaiting decision

    4 Moulsham Barn Waterson Vale Chelmsford Essex CM2 9QE

    T5 and T6 - Plum Cherry - Prune by 1m, crown lift to 1.5m from ground level, remove dead branches - Reason: To maintain the trees at their current size.

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  • 26/05220/TPO Awaiting decision

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    T1 Magnolia - Reduce the tree all over by 3m. Reason: Overwhelming the property and road.

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  • 26/05188/TPO Awaiting decision

    Foxgloves The Ridge Little Baddow Chelmsford Essex CM3 4SA

    W1 - Oak (Marked T1) - Fell - Reason: damage to the buttress and roots, and suspected honey fungus present, in falling distance of the garage. (Area marked H1 ) Sweet Chestnuts x3 - Fell - Reason: dead; Example shown in image 1. Sweet Chestnut - Fell - Reason: In decline and braced by hornbeam Silver Birch - Fell - Reason: dead; Cherry x2 - Fell - Reason: dead; Oaks - Remove significant dead wood Sweet Chestnut - Reduce the east facing dead top by 4m to below the overhead lines and retain the stem at approx 2m - Reason: In decline Hornbeam - Remove failed split stem Holly (group) - Thin group to the south-east of the property by 50% - Reason: To allow individual stems to thrive. (Area marked G1) - Sweet Chestnut - Fell - Reason: dead; (Area marked G2) - Sweet Chestnuts x4 - Fell - Reason: dead; Sweet chestnuts x2 - Reduce by 3m to 6m, retaining the living parts of the trees where practical - Reason: In decline and dead above approximately 6m; Sweet chestnut - Remove west facing limb - Reason: In decline, dead limb. Sweet chestnut - Fell - Reason: dead Oak - Remove dead limb extending west - Reason: The ground is used for cricket and by a local primary school for drop-off and collection. Holly x10 - Fell - Reason: dead;

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  • 26/05235/TPO Awaiting decision

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  • 26/05237/TPO Awaiting decision

    54 Hopping Jacks Lane Danbury Chelmsford CM3 4PD

    T2 Oak - Fell. Reason: To avoid risk of deadwood falling and risk of limb/ tree failure onto footpath and roadway.

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