Bay Lodge Mill Lane Danbury Chelmsford Essex CM3 4HX

1. 12 Oct 2026

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

2. 16 Oct 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

3. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 7 December 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

   Chelmsford took a median of 55 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

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.

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• 74 Mill Lane Danbury Chelmsford Essex CM3 4HX

  18/00191/DOC/4 Submitted 13 Mar 2019 50 yards away

  Condition 4 - Samples of materials (bricks)

  Granted Conditions 2 docs

• 74 Mill Lane Danbury Chelmsford Essex CM3 4HX

  18/00191/DOC/3 Submitted 6 Mar 2019 50 yards away

  Condition 7 - Hard and Soft landscape works

  Granted Conditions 3 docs

• 74 Mill Lane Danbury Chelmsford Essex CM3 4HX

  18/00191/NMAT/1 Submitted 27 Nov 2018 50 yards away

  Non material amendment to planning permission - 18/00191/FUL (Proposed demolition of existing dwelling and garage and construction of one detached house, two semi-detached houses together with associated parking and turning area) - Immediate patio level behind each dwelling to be raised to the finished floor level each house so as to provide convenient level access out without stepping down and finished in composite decking. - Minor adjustment to chimney position to plot 1, slightly further south so that wood burner position to better suit the living room furniture layout. - Two windows removed from the west elevation of plot 1 and one window from the east elevation to be omitted. - Plot 1 north elevation ground floor windows enlarged. - Plot 2 north elevation ground floor windows reversed. - Plots 2 & 3 south elevation valley roof form slightly flattened to create adequate headroom internally. - Plot 2 west elevation double gable changed to single gable with flattened top to create adequate headroom on first floor landing. - Solar panels omitted to flat roof of plots 2& 3 due to inaccessibility for safe maintenance. Sustainability criteria achieved differently. - Ground level metal railings along boundary with Quinlan Court to be changed from bow-top type to pattern to match those existing on Quinlan Court walkways.

  Granted Amendments New dwelling Demolition +1 13 docs
  Domestic

• 74 Mill Lane Danbury Chelmsford Essex CM3 4HX

  18/00191/DOC/1 Submitted 19 Nov 2018 50 yards away

  Condition 6 - Details of treatment of boundaries; Condition 7 - Details of hard and soft landscape works.

  Split decision Conditions 10 docs

• 60 Maldon Road Danbury Chelmsford CM3 4QL

  24/00960/FUL Submitted 2 Jul 2024 100 yards away

  Proposed first floor side extension and single storey rear extension. Alterations to fenestration and garage conversion.

  Granted Full applications Extension Windows or glazing 12 docs
  Small domestic

• 64 Maldon Road Danbury Chelmsford CM3 4QL

  19/00052/ADV Submitted 25 Feb 2019 100 yards away

  1 internally illuminated and 3 non illuminated signs.

  Granted Advertising 5 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.

  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