1 Litchborough Park Little Baddow Chelmsford Essex CM3 4UJ Data via plota.co.uk

26/05003/TPO Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

T3 oak - crown reduction up to 1m. Reason: To shape and maintain size Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
6 Jan 2026
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Approved
18 Feb 2026

Approved on 18 Feb 2026 · Last checked 19 Sept 2026

Documents

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Site constraints 5

Public footpath about 21 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
SSSI about 111 m away: Woodham Walter Common SSSI
Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
Also on the record
Inside the Danbury built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 4, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. 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
Chelmsford
Postcode
CM3 4UJ
Received
6 Jan 2026
Validated
6 Jan 2026
Target decision
3 Mar 2026
Decision date
18 Feb 2026

How this decision compares

Decided in 43 days from validation, 5 days slower than Chelmsford's median of 38 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 92% of tree and landscaping works here are.

98%decided within 8 weeks
92%approved
254decided in the last year

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

Public comments

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Last counted 19 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14601621
Planning Portal ref
PP-14601621
Comments by
16 Feb 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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2020 Withdrawn
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Single storey rear extension
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2018 Approved
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2017 Approved
5 Litchborough Park Little Baddow Chelmsford Essex CM3 4UJ
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2017 Approved
5 Litchborough Park Little Baddow Chelmsford Essex CM3 4UJ
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2017 Approved
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2017 Approved
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2017 Approved
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2017 Approved
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2016 Refused
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Chelmsford
Planning Authority Score
7.4/10
Good
#45 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Chelmsford is one of the fastest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #23 out of 296. Only 21% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (90%) than the national average (90%).

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Chelmsford decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
87%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #167 of 296
90%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #188 of 296
84%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #23 of 296
21%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #19 of 296
76%
Minor dwellings approved
164 decided (1-9 homes)
88%
Major dwellings approved
8 decided (10+ homes)
79%
Change of use approved
52 decided
1,304
Total decisions
168 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings