70 Ongar Road Writtle Chelmsford CM1 3NX

This site has had 2 applications since 2019: 1 approved, 0 refused.

• 19/05165/TPO Granted

  70 Ongar Road Writtle Chelmsford CM1 3NX

  T1 - Silver Birch - Located in rear garden - Crown reduction by 1.5m and crown thin by 20%. Remove deadwood. Crown raise to 2.5m by removing three lowest branches and selectively thinning branch tips - Reason: Continuation of tree management to ensure it retains its shape. Tree has reacted vigorously to previous pruning and currently has elongated dense regrowth.

  Decided 24 Oct 2019 Trees

1. 19 Feb 2025

   Received by Chelmsford

2. 9 Apr 2025

   Decision issued: Split Decision

3. 17 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

Chelmsford has decided this application; the outcome above is the register's own wording and the decision notice on the council portal carries the detail. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

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• 70 Ongar Road Writtle Chelmsford Essex CM1 3NX

  22/05226/TPO Submitted 22 Nov 2022 50 yards away

  T1 Silver Birch- located at rear of property- crown reduction by 2.5m, crown raise by up to 3m. Reason: for general maintenance

  Granted Trees 4 docs

• 70 Ongar Road Writtle Chelmsford CM1 3NX

  19/05165/TPO Submitted 9 Sep 2019 50 yards away

  T1 - Silver Birch - Located in rear garden - Crown reduction by 1.5m and crown thin by 20%. Remove deadwood. Crown raise to 2.5m by removing three lowest branches and selectively thinning branch tips - Reason: Continuation of tree management to ensure it retains its shape. Tree has reacted vigorously to previous pruning and currently has elongated dense regrowth.

  Granted Trees 4 docs

• 13 Maple Close Writtle Chelmsford CM1 3FL

  22/02129/FUL Submitted 2 Dec 2022 50 yards away

  Single storey rear and side extension. Two storey rear extension with balcony to first floor with internal alterations. Addition of windows to ground floor, roof lights and panels.

  Withdrawn Full applications Extension Loft or dormer +1 7 docs
  Small domestic

• Little Oaks 13 Maple Close Writtle Chelmsford CM1 3FL

  23/00117/FUL Submitted 24 Jan 2023 50 yards away

  Single storey side extension. Single storey infill extension with addition of ground floor windows. Replacement fence and new access gate.

  Granted Full applications Extension Windows or glazing 9 docs
  Small domestic

• 38 Back Road Writtle Chelmsford CM1 3PD

  22/01872/FUL Submitted 20 Oct 2022 50 yards away

  Single storey front extension, partial rendering and re-cladding of elevations, alterations to windows and additional windows to side elevation at ground and first floor level, replacement windows and internal alterations.

  Granted Full applications Extension Windows or glazing 5 docs
  Small domestic

• 35 Purcell Cole Writtle Chelmsford CM1 3NB

  18/05162/TPO Submitted 5 Sep 2018 50 yards away

  G6 Spruce & Pine - Front of property - Cut back the lateral branches overhanging the road by 1-1.5m and crown raise to 2.5m over the footpath. Cut back Spruce from the house by 1m. Reason: To maintain clearance of highway and house. T1 Oak - Rear garden - Remove epicormic growth on main stem to height of the crown break. Reason: Good arboricultural practice.

  Granted Trees 4 docs

• 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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• 26/05188/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

  113 New London Road Chelmsford CM2 0QT

  T1 - Robinia Pseudoacacia - Prune by approx. 3m in height, removing dead/dying branches in the upper canopy. Prune the south eastern elevation of the upper canopy by approx 3m. To remove deadwood over 35mm and over 0.5 metre in length to achieve 2.5 m crown clearance from the building - Reason: For good arboricultural practice, to manage the tree and reduce building overhang.

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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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