8 Main Road Danbury Chelmsford CM3 4NQ

This site has had 2 applications since 2024: 2 approved, 0 refused.

• 25/05646/CAT Granted

  8 Main Road Danbury Chelmsford CM3 4NQ

  T1 Laburnum - remove 5-6m of lower limb that is going through the boundary fence onto school grounds. Reason: For the safety of the children.

  Decided 18 Jun 2025 Trees

1. 2 Aug 2024

   Received by Chelmsford

2. 11 Sep 2024

   Decision issued: No Objection

3. 23 Jul 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

Chelmsford granted permission on 11 September 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.

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.

• 10 Main Road Danbury Chelmsford CM3 4NQ

  19/01738/FUL Submitted 18 Oct 2019 50 yards away

  Demolition of existing garage, proposed single storey residential annexe and garden shed

  Granted Full applications Demolition 6 docs
  Small domestic

• Bus Shelter Opposite Danbury Villiage Hall Main Road Danbury Chelmsford

  19/00701/ADV Submitted 23 Apr 2019 50 yards away

  Digital advert on the real-time passenger information screen located at the bus stop.

  Granted Advertising 6 docs

• 8 Main Road Danbury Chelmsford CM3 4NQ

  25/05646/CAT Submitted 22 May 2025 50 yards away

  T1 Laburnum - remove 5-6m of lower limb that is going through the boundary fence onto school grounds. Reason: For the safety of the children.

  Granted Trees 5 docs
  Small domestic

• Heathcote School 1 Little Baddow Road Danbury Chelmsford Essex CM3 4QB

  24/00884/FUL Submitted 20 Sep 2024 50 yards away

  Two Ascot Shelters

  Granted Full applications 10 docs

• Heathcote School 1 Little Baddow Road Danbury Chelmsford CM3 4QB

  20/05501/CAT Submitted 2 Jan 2020 100 yards away

  Fir Tree -T1 - Fell - Reason: Roots are causing a problem - lifting the playground tarmac and making it impossible and dangerous to use.

  Refused Trees 4 docs

• Heathcote School 1 Little Baddow Road Danbury Chelmsford Essex CM3 4QB

  20/05538/CAT Submitted 7 May 2020 100 yards away

  Atlas Cedar (Blue) - fell during week commencing 25th May 2020 due to root damage to playground, significant limb damage, over extended limbs and limbs posing an elevated risk of failure, sparse canopy and internal deadwood. Replant with Pyrus chanticleer 10-12 girth in Autumn 2020 (October/November) in the same location

  Granted Trees 4 docs

• 26/05243/TPO Awaiting decision

  1 Cringle Lock South Woodham Ferrers Chelmsford Essex CM3 5WJ

  T4 Maple (Marked T1 on map) - Reduce the crown by 2 metres in height and lateral spread. Cut back to suitable growth points leaving a balance natural crown. Reason for works - To manage the size and spread of the crown, improve clearance from the roadside, footpath and garage roof and maintain a balanced crown appropriate for the trees location. T3 Oak (Marked T2 on map) - Reduce the crown by 1.5-2m in height and lateral spread back to the previous established pruning points, leaving a balanced natural crown. Remove significant deadwood throughout the crown. Reason for works - To manage the size and spread of the crown, return the tree to its previous established pruning points, improve overall crown balance and remove signification deadwood general tree management and safety.

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• 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

  5 Purcell Cole Writtle Chelmsford Essex CM1 3NB

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

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• 26/05242/TPO Awaiting decision

  52 Maldon Road Danbury Chelmsford CM3 4QL

  G1 - Oak x6 (Marked 1- 6) - Selectively reduce branches on the south side by up to 3m - Reason: To provide appropriate clearance to the adjacent medical centre; Oak (marked 5) - Remove the lowest lateral limb - Reason: The longitudinal cracking indicates compromised structural integrity and an increased risk of limb failure over pedestrian walkways.

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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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