St Nicholas Church, Church Road, Rawreth, Essex, Data via plota.co.uk
Description
T1-T5: Five yew trees alongside the church path which are extremely overgrown (marked 1 - 5 on attached plan) In our Quinquennial Inspection our Examining Architect (October 2025) made the following recommendation:"Cut Yew trees at base level and annually clip to topiary to prolong their life and for better views of the Church. The branches are spreading and will flop soon".The recommendation is that all five trees be coppiced to allow regrowth to a more upright style which, after regrowth, can be kept to a manageable size with regular clipping.The proposals have the support of the Parochial Church Council. The work would be carried out in late autumn. Data via plota.co.uk
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Decision outlook
Plota predicted a decision around 29 Oct 2026; it is now day 176.
Day 176, past the statutory target. 97% of tree and landscaping works in Rochford are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 24 Aug 2026.
Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided across the UK in the last twelve months, from validation; too few recent tree and landscaping works in Rochford to go on. Rochford decision record →
Site constraints 5
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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