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Colchester Royal Grammar School, 6 Lexden Road, Colchester CO3 3ND

Awaiting decision Colchester 251917 Works to Trees in Conservation Area

Works: Trees

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Proposal

There are two lime trees on our property overhanging our neighbours boundary on beverly road lexden. They have requested that they be re- pollarded back to where they were previously cut to.

As published by the council, reference 251917

Application record

Reference
251917
Type
Works to Trees in Conservation Area
Status
Application Valid
Received
4 Sep 2025
Validated
4 Sep 2025
Ward
New Town & Christ Church
Parish
Colchester
Postcode
CO3 3ND

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 4 Sep 2025

    Received by Colchester

  2. 23 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 30 October 2025, 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

4 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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