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Wakes Colne Place, Colchester Road, Wakes Colne Essex CO6 2BY

Awaiting decision Colchester 231320 Works to Trees in Conservation Area

Works: Trees

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Proposal

T1 - Horse Chestnut Tree has Sooty Bark Disease. Operations are to remove the Horse Chestnut tree to ground level to prevent it falling into the road and to reduce the spread of disease to other trees.

As published by the council, reference 231320

Application record

Reference
231320
Type
Works to Trees in Conservation Area
Status
Application Valid
Received
31 May 2023
Validated
31 May 2023
Ward
Rural North
Parish
Wakes Colne
Postcode
CO6 2BY

Site history

Applications at this address on the Colchester register

This site has had 2 applications since 2023.

  • 230694 Awaiting decision

    Wakes Colne Place, Colchester Road, Wakes Colne Essex CO6 2BY

    1 Populus Alba tree. The work to be completed is a 40% reduction to the tree and the removal of a weak limb from the base. The purpose of the job is to prevent the tree from wind damage. The tree next to thisPopulus Alba failed 1 year prior due to wind d

    Submitted 21 Mar 2023 Trees

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 31 May 2023

    Received by Colchester

  2. 22 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 26 July 2023, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    Colchester took a median of 63 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

9 documents on file for this application

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What happens while it is decided

This application is with Colchester for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Colchester's median decision took 63 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

About tree works applications

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.

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