51 Priory Road Bicknacre Chelmsford Essex CM3 4EY

1. 25 Feb 2025

   Received by Chelmsford

2. 9 Apr 2025

   Decision issued

3. 17 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

This application is with Chelmsford for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Chelmsford decided tree works applications in a median of 39 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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.

• 1 Barbrook Way Bicknacre Chelmsford CM3 4HP

  19/00818/FUL Submitted 7 May 2019 50 yards away

  Single storey front and rear extensions.

  Granted Full applications Extension 4 docs
  Small domestic

• 5 Canons Close Bicknacre Chelmsford Essex CM3 4HS

  20/00790/FUL Submitted 27 May 2020 50 yards away

  Resubmission of previously approved application for first floor front extension and single storey rear extension with 7no. roof windows. Replace existing hung tile cladding with cement weatherboarding.

  Granted Full applications Extension Windows or glazing 7 docs
  Small domestic

• 5 Canons Close Bicknacre Chelmsford CM3 4HS

  19/01823/FUL Submitted 5 Nov 2019 50 yards away

  First floor front extension and single storey rear extension with 7no. roof windows. Replace existing hung tile cladding with cement weatherboarding.

  Granted Full applications Extension Windows or glazing 7 docs
  Small domestic

• 13 Barbrook Way Bicknacre Chelmsford CM3 4HP

  26/00296/FUL Submitted 12 Mar 2026 100 yards away

  Demolition of existing front porch. Replacement door and window arrangements to front elevation.

  Granted Full applications Extension Demolition +1 6 docs
  Small domestic

• 42 Priory Road Bicknacre Chelmsford Essex CM3 4EY

  20/01341/FUL Submitted 24 Aug 2020 100 yards away

  External works including new pitched and flat roofs and coverings, installation of balustrading and a new UPVC door to the west elevation.

  Granted Full applications 9 docs

• Land Between 59 And 67 Priory Road Bicknacre Chelmsford Essex

  19/00800/MAT Submitted 3 May 2019 100 yards away

  Variation of condition 4 to planning permission 18/00563/OUT (Outline application with access, layout and scale being sought for construction of 4 detached dwellings and garaging). Entrance drive needs to be re-located due to site constraints. The garage to plot 4 will need to be moved over 500mm. Installation of rooflights to the side facing roofslopes of the dwellings.

  Granted Conditions Loft or dormer 9 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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