Planning application
40 Lodge Road Writtle Chelmsford Essex CM1 3HB
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Condition 3 - External Materials
As published by the council, reference 26/00468/DOC/1
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00468/DOC/1
- Status
- Conditions Discharged
- Decision
- Granted As published: Granted subject to conditions
- Validated
- 5 Aug 2026
- Decided
- 25 Sep 2026
- Postcode
- CM1 3HB
Site history
Applications at this address on the Chelmsford register
This site has had 3 applications since 2026: 2 approved, 1 refused.
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26/00468/FUL Granted
40 Lodge Road Writtle Chelmsford Essex CM1 3HB
Two storey rear and side extension and single storey front extension. Internal and external alterations.
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26/00325/CLOPUD Refused
40 Lodge Road Writtle Chelmsford Essex CM1 3HB
Demolition of existing detached garage and construction of two storey rear extension and single storey side extension.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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5 Aug 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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18 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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25 Sep 2026
Decision issued: Granted subject to conditions
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25 Sep 2026
Status changed to Conditions Discharged
Previously Pending Consideration.
What this grant of permission means
Chelmsford granted permission on 25 September 2026, 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 this record
The published feed does not state which type of application this is; the register entry on Chelmsford's portal will say. Our guide explains the common types.
Nearby applications
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28 Lodge Road Writtle Chelmsford Essex CM1 3HB
Condition 2 - Details of materials
Granted Conditions 3 docs -
17 Lodge Road Writtle Chelmsford Essex CM1 3HY
PICTURE 1 G3 : YEW : Crown reduction/crown raise 2.5m : to cut back from roadside/pond area. PICTURE 2 G3 : Crown raise 2.5m/crown reduction 2m : to cut back from roadside/fence to allow for new hedging to pass through. PICTURES 3/4 G3: YEW : Crown lift 2m/crown raise 2m: to cut back from more dominant tree and bring it to order. PICTURES 5/6 G3: YEW : Crown lift 2.5m/crown raise 2m : to cut back from roadside/fence to allow for new hedging to pass through. PICTURE 7 G3 : YEW : Crown raise 1m away from road. PICTURE 8 G3: YEW : Fell. Only several live branches. This is not a tree anymore, and needs to be removed along with the large growth of ivy attached to it. PICTURE 9 G3: YEW : CROWN raise 2.5m away from dominant tree. PICTURE 10 G2 : YEW : Crown raise 1 branch 3m away from pond and rest 2m to tidy up. PICTURE 11 G4: YEW : Crown raise 2m to tidy up. PICTURE 12 T7 : YEW : Crown raise and lift 3m as branches are totally out of control and unkempt.
Withdrawn Trees 15 docsSmall domestic -
17 Lodge Road Writtle Chelmsford Essex CM1 3HY
G1 - Yew - Fell - Reason: Too close to house, causing damage; G2 - Sycamore - Fell - Reason: Tree is in bad health; G3 - 6x Yew - Fell - Reason: Imposing onto other trees and pond area, need to make space for new hedge; G4 - 2x Yew - Fell - Reason: To allow for planting of new hedge; G4 - Holly - Fell - Reason: To allow for planting of new hedge; T4 - Yew - Crown reduction by 2m - Reason: General tree maintenance; T7 - Yew - Fell - Reason: Tree is unkempt and not in keeping with the garden scene.
Awaiting decision Trees 7 docs -
17 Lodge Road Writtle Chelmsford Essex CM1 3HY
T1 - Cherry - north of pond - Remove due to suffocation by ivy. T2 - Conifer - north of garden - Fell as tree is too close to property. T3 - Holly - south area of garden - Remove due to overcrowding. T4 - Osmanthus - south of pond - Reduce crown width and height to 1.5m - Allow new growth. Escallonia - south of pond - Remove as dead. T5 - Willow - near west of pond - Fell due to inner core being dead. G1 - Yew - x6 - rear garden, around east side of pond - Fell due to being poor specimens; Elderberry - Fell as dead; Cherry - x3 - Fell as leaning into pond area; Hazel - x4 - Coppice due to overgrowth; Hawthorn - x13 - Fell as mixture of dead tree, overcrowding and encroaching; Sycamores - x2 - Remove as overcrowded and leaning into pond; Alder - Fell as falling into pond. G2 - Cherry Laurel - x5; Yew - x5; Variegated Laurel, Privet - x2; Viburnum - x4 - west part of garden - Remove to replace with continuous hedging.
Granted Trees 5 docs -
17 Lodge Road Writtle Chelmsford Essex CM1 3HY
T5 Western Red Cedar - 3metre crown lift including dropper branches. T6 Sycamore - crown lift to 5metres over pond side only back to suitable growth points, and crown lift over Lodge Road footpath by 2.5m. G2 - 1x Yew crown reduce 2metres from pond side only, and crown lift over Lodge Road footpath by 2.5m. G3 northernmost Yew adjacent to T6 Sycamore remove lateral extending south back to branch collar, reduced remaining crown over pond by 2metres, and crown lift over Lodge Road footpath by 2.5m. G3 second northernmost Yew adjacent to pond, fell due to poor form. G3 Yew growing into railings and east of hazel stool, fell due to poor form. G3 Yew adjacent to Turkey Oak, fell suppressed by Oak and poor form, G3 Yews remaining Yews to received dead wooding and ivy cleared, and crown lift over Lodge Road footpath by 2.5m. G3 Turkey Oak reduce lowest western branch over pond back to suitable growth point. T7 Yew - side lateral reduction of 2.5metres only. T9 Holly - formative prune to shape. T4 Yew - crown reduce by 1 1.5metres, remove lowest lateral branch. T2 Yew Crown reduction 2m and removal of branches over garage. Reasons: cut back from pond/road area, allow for new hedging, dominant tree, broken branches, reshape/tidy, allow light to bowling green.
Granted Trees 5 docs -
17 Lodge Road Writtle Chelmsford Essex CM1 3HY
G2 Sycamore, G3 Turkey Oak and T6 Sycamore - Refer to Site Plan for location - Crown lift limbs to a height of 7-8 metres. Reasons: G2 & G3 are overgrown and lower limbs are overhanging pond and protruding through the fence into the public walkway. T6 needs to be cut away from the overhead power cables.
Refused Trees 4 docsSmall domestic