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St Marys Church Church Green Broomfield Chelmsford Essex CM1 7BD

Awaiting decision Chelmsford 26/05693/CAT

Works: Trees Small domestic

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Proposal

T550,T551, T555, T556, T558, T591 Common Limes - Remove deadwood, crown raise to 2.5m, clear epicormic growth T554 Common Lime - Reduce crown of decayed northern stem by up to 3m, remove deadwood, clear epicormic growth T557 Common Lime - Reduce limb at 8m west, with cavity, by up to 2m, remove deadwood, clear epicormic growth T574 & T575 Western Red Cedars - Fell. Reason: Tree is diseased T588 Deodar Cedar - Remove deadwood T593 Robinia - Remove South facing branch which is weakly attached and branch above, both off west facing branch of trunk. Undertake balancing surgery. T629 Common Ash - Fell. Reason: Tree is dead.To be felled to height of adjacent metal fence T638 Robinia - Remove branch to north from trunk. Poor attachment, crossing secondary branches and overextended

As published by the council, reference 26/05693/CAT

Application record

Reference
26/05693/CAT
Status
Pending Consideration
Validated
28 Sep 2026
Postcode
CM1 7BD

Site history

Applications at this address on the Chelmsford register

This site has had 4 applications since 2019: 3 approved, 0 refused.

  • 24/05649/CAT Granted

    St Marys Church Church Green Broomfield Chelmsford Essex CM1 7BD

    574- Western Red Cedar - Diseased - to be felled. 575- Western Red Cedar- Diseased - to be felled. 599- Common Yew- Cut back to branch or trunk collars to give 1m minimum clearance to Church building. Crown lift to 2.5m. Clear epicormic growth. Urgent due to impending maintenance work. 600- Swedish Whitebeam- to be felled. In high risk area 632 Common Lime - Remove branches. Crown lift to 2m 634- Common Lime - Carry out formative pruning max of 1.3m. Crown lift to 2m. 636- Tree of Heaven- Remove dead wood. 638- Robina- Remove dead wood 641- Liquid Amber- Dead tree to be removed. 645- Magnolia- Reduce to previous pruning points to give 3-4m height above ground level. Work not to be carried out between November to June. All trees- Remove deadwood and as required crown lift to 2.5m. Remove epicormic growth.

    Decided 13 Aug 2024 Trees
  • 20/05521/CAT Granted

    St Marys Church Church Green Broomfield Chelmsford Essex CM1 7BD

    Cedar - (t34 on map) - remove single west facing bough, crown thin by 20-30%; ash - (t22 on map) - crown reduce by 4m - reason: due to tree dropping branches by vicarage churchyard pollarding to be carried out.

    Decided 9 Apr 2020 Trees
  • 19/05615/CAT Granted

    St Marys Church Church Green Broomfield Chelmsford Essex CM1 7BD

    T34 - Cedar - front of church yard - reduce over extended laterals up to 3m, (predominantly on the North, West and Eastern sides). Crown lift the branches on the northern side to 2.2m - allow easy access around the tree.

    Decided 19 Dec 2019 Trees

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 28 Sep 2026

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  2. 8 Oct 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 23 November 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.

What happens while it is decided

This application is with Chelmsford for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Chelmsford's median decision took 55 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

About this record

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