Planning application
Thorpe Hall School Wakering Road Southend-on-sea Essex SS1 3RD
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Fell T1 (TPO T19) Fraxinus (Ash) on front boundary to ground level and grind out stump to 250mm below ground level, fell T5 (TPO T14) Aesculus Hippocastanum (Common Horse Chestnut) to ground level and grind out stump to 250mm below ground level, fell T9 (part of G6) Quercus Cerris (Turkey Oak) to low stump, fell T26 (TPO part of G4) Quercus Ilex (Holm Oak) to leave a 2 m high stump and fell T47 (TPO - part of G5) Tilia Europea (Common Lime) to near ground level and remove all arisings (Application for works to trees subject to a Tree Preservation Order)
As published by the council, reference 26/00968/TPO
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00968/TPO
- Category
- Trees
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Grant consent to carry out work to trees
- Received
- 22 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 22 Jul 2026
- Decided
- 29 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Southchurch
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- SS1 3RD
Site history
Applications at this address on the Southend-on-Sea register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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25/01770/AD Granted
Thorpe Hall School Wakering Road Southend-on-sea Essex SS1 3RD
Application for approval of details pursuant to conditions 03 (permeable paving), 04 (surface details within revised Arboricultural Method Statement), 06 (revised tree protection plan), 08 (Habitat Management and Monitoring Plan) and 09 (SuDS details) of planning permission 25/00029/FULM dated 10.06.2025
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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22 Jul 2026
Received by Southend-on-Sea
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1 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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8 Aug 2026
Status changed to Registered
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29 Sep 2026
Decision issued: Grant consent to carry out work to trees
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29 Sep 2026
Status changed to Decided
Documents
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Southend-on-Sea granted permission on 29 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 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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