Deneburn Old Hill Avenue Langdon Hills Essex SS16 6JE Data via plota.co.uk

26/00606/TPO - Application for works on TPO Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

Cupressus macrocarpa (Monterey Cypress) Sectionally dismantle to leave a 2m high trunk. Canopy is in decline due to age and drought related stress, amenity value is not retainable once dead top and remaining deadwood is removed. 2 Salix babylonica (Weeping willow) Reduce canopy height and spread by up to 3m to lessen wind loading on exposed canopy and to prune back from garage and BT cables. Canopy is exposed following branch failures. 3 Cupressus macrocarpa (Monterey Cypress) Remove major deadwood and prune back from road and BT cables by 2m Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
29 May 2026
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Approved
2 Jul 2026

Approved on 2 Jul 2026 · Chief Planning Officer Decision · Last checked 5 Jul 2026

Documents 2

Plans & drawings 1

IMG TPO MAP Current Plan · 29 May 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM Application Form · 29 May 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 5

Green belt: London
Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.
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SSSI about 67 m away: Langdon Ridge 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.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Inside the Basildon built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · 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
Thurrock
Application type
Application for works on TPO
Postcode
SS16 6JE
Received
29 May 2026
Validated
29 May 2026
Ward
Orsett Horndon And Bulphan
Case officer
Show
Target decision
24 Jul 2026
Decision
Works to TPO trees - Approved
Decision date
2 Jul 2026
Decision level
Chief Planning Officer Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Tree Fella Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 34 days from validation, 15 days faster than Thurrock's median of 49 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 100% of tree and landscaping works here are.

78%decided within 8 weeks
100%approved
38decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
26 Jun 2026
Statutory expiry
24 Jul 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

3 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2017 Approved
Application for the variation of condition no. 11 (permitted development rights regarding…
17/00625/CV
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2017 Approved
Green Trees Farm Old Hill Avenue Langdon Hills Essex SS16 6JE
Prior notification for change of use of an agricultural building to one single dwelling
17/01707/PAAGR
2016 Approved
Green Trees Farm Old Hill Avenue Langdon Hills Essex SS16 6JE
Erection of a single dwelling with associated garden area and parking
16/01136/FUL
Thurrock
Planning Authority Score
6/10
Average
#104 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Thurrock is one of the fastest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #25 out of 296. Thurrock is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 82% approved vs 90% nationally.

Among the fastest councils in England
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Thurrock decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
82%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #252 of 296
82%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #271 of 296
84%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #25 of 296
31%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #62 of 296
65%
Minor dwellings approved
74 decided (1-9 homes)
43%
Major dwellings approved
7 decided (10+ homes)
86%
Change of use approved
43 decided
671
Total decisions
124 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings