280 Main Road Broomfield Chelmsford CM1 7AW

1. 7 Mar 2025

   Received by Chelmsford

2. 8 Apr 2025

   Decision issued: Permitted

3. 17 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

Chelmsford granted permission on 8 April 2025, 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.

• 321 Main Road Broomfield Chelmsford CM1 7AX

  18/05589/CAT Submitted 6 Aug 2018 50 yards away

  Yew tree - front garden - complete crown reduction of up to 2 meters. Keep in line with the tree's previous management regime as well as keeping it away from the property.

  Granted Trees 4 docs

• Broom House 280 Main Road Broomfield Chelmsford Essex CM1 7AW

  20/05081/TPO Submitted 11 May 2020 50 yards away

  T6 - Oak, T8 - Yew - Rear garden - Prune branches overhanging boundary wall to provide 2 metre clearance from 4 Deverill Close. Reason: to prevent recurrence of squirrel infestation in loft and potential damage to roof from falling branches

  Granted Trees 10 docs
  Small domestic

• Kelmscott 319 Main Road Broomfield Chelmsford Essex CM1 7AX

  22/01883/FUL Submitted 18 Oct 2022 50 yards away

  Proposed single storey rear extension with roof light and additional fenestration.

  Granted Full applications Extension Loft or dormer +1 8 docs
  Small domestic

• 307 Main Road Broomfield Chelmsford CM1 7AX

  18/01623/LBC Submitted 12 Oct 2018 50 yards away

  Installing a new gas connection to property from the street. This includes: - new gas meter installed in a concealed (sunken) meter box at the front of the property - new flue through kitchen wall at rear of house. - installation of radiators - installation of necessary pipework

  Granted Heritage and listed buildings 14 docs

• 315 Main Road Broomfield Chelmsford CM1 7AX

  18/05535/CAT Submitted 16 Apr 2018 50 yards away

  Silver Birch (S1) - Fell to ground level. Reason: Bolted and is excessively high and thin due to growing in the shade of the Cherry, possibly becoming unstable.

  Granted Trees 4 docs

• Old Bakehouse 315 Main Road Broomfield Chelmsford CM1 7AX

  23/05516/CAT Submitted 21 Feb 2023 100 yards away

  Silver Birch- reduce by 2m Reason: The root is on the border and has lifted the fence panel which has now fallen through; Ash- Fell; Walnut- To be reduced by 2m; Cherry- To be reduced by 2m; Eucalyptus- To be reduced by 4m; Japanese Maple- To be reduced by 2m; Staghorn Sumac- To be reduced by 2m; Field Maple- To be reduced by 2 meters. Reason for all: Too big for size of garden, reducing light levels to lawn and shrub beds

  Granted Trees 6 docs
  Small domestic

• 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.

  Trees
• 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.

  Trees
• 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;

  Trees
• 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.

  Trees
• 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.

  Trees