Thornberry Rectory Road Woodham Walter Maldon Essex CM9 6RD Data via plota.co.uk

26/00494/WTPO - Works to Tree Preservation Order Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

(TPO Group A1) T1 Ash tree - Remove dead wood 50mm and crown reduce by 5m. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
22 Jul 2026
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Validated
23 Jul 2026
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Consultation
27 Jul 2026
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Approved
17 Sept 2026

Approved on 17 Sept 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 18 Sept 2026

Documents

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Site constraints 3

Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 2. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
1 listed building within 150 m.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Maldon
Application type
Works to Tree Preservation Order
Postcode
CM9 6RD
Received
22 Jul 2026
Validated
23 Jul 2026
Ward
Wickham Bishops And Woodham
Parish
Woodham Walter
Case officer
Show
Target decision
17 Sept 2026
Decision
Approved
Decision date
17 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, 14 days slower than Maldon's median of 42 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 92% of tree and landscaping works here are.

94%decided within 8 weeks
92%approved
101decided in the last year

Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by Maldon in the last twelve months, from validation. Maldon decision record →

Public comments

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Last counted 18 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15101880
Planning Portal ref
PP-15101880
Consultation
27 Jul 2026
Comments by
3 Sept 2026
Site or press notice
12 Aug 2026
Statutory expiry
17 Sept 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

8 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved
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Single storey rear extension which would extend beyond the rear wall of the original hous…
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2025 Approved
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TPO 04/78 T1 (Oak) - Remove dead wood from tree and reduce lower branches by 2m that are…
25/00133/WTPO
2022
Oaklands Rectory Road Woodham Walter Essex CM9 6RD
Urgent removal of a dead and decaying tree - horse chestnut.
22/00205/DD
2022
Oaklands Rectory Road Woodham Walter Essex CM9 6RD
Urgent removal of a dead and decaying tree - horse chestnut.
22/00205/DD
2022 Refused
15 Rectory Road Woodham Walter CM9 6RD
Proposed two storey side extension, porch to front and relocation of an oil tank.
22/00373/HOUSE
2022 Refused
15 Rectory Road Woodham Walter CM9 6RD
Proposed two storey side extension, porch to front and relocation of an oil tank.
22/00373/HOUSE
2018 Approved
4 Mead Pastures Woodham Walter Essex CM9 6PY
Claim for lawful development certificate for proposed conversion of existing garage to a…
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2016 Approved
15 Rectory Road Woodham Walter Essex CM9 6RD
Single storey rear extension
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Maldon
Planning Authority Score
3/10
Poor
#236 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Maldon is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #204 out of 296. 53% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (91%) than the national average (90%).

Slower than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Maldon decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
87%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #173 of 296
91%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #176 of 296
56%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #204 of 296
53%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #242 of 296
67%
Minor dwellings approved
66 decided (1-9 homes)
45%
Major dwellings approved
11 decided (10+ homes)
82%
Change of use approved
11 decided
444
Total decisions
59 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

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