St Martins Church Wheelers Hill Little Waltham Chelmsford Essex CM3 3LJ Data via plota.co.uk

26/05177/TPO Pending Consideration
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

T1 - Oak (Marked 2) Sever ivy and remove deadwood. A1 - English Elm (Marked 6) - Coppice to 0.50m Reason for all: Proactive tree mainenance to manage identified risks and prevent potential injury, property damage, obstruction or inconvenience, including conflicts with buildings, telephone lines, roads, footpaths and car parking areas Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
28 Aug 2026
Decision
Expected by 23 Oct 2026

As of 26 Sept 2026, the council is no longer showing this application on their planning portal. It may have been withdrawn or re-listed under a different reference. We've stopped checking it for updates.

Documents

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Site constraints 6

Little Waltham Conservation Area conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
National infrastructure project about 665 m away: Longfield Solar Farm
The site is about 665 m from the project boundary. Generating station, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted. Also within 2 km: Norwich to Tilbury (examination closed, recommendation due, about 751 m).
Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.
Planning Inspectorate project page ↗
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
4 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin; Inside the Little Waltham 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 · 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, the Planning Inspectorate 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 3LJ
Received
28 Aug 2026
Validated
28 Aug 2026
Target decision
23 Oct 2026

Decision outlook

Day 42, past Chelmsford's usual 39 days for tree and landscaping works. 100% are decided within thirteen weeks, so most likely by 27 Nov 2026.

Day 4214 days to the 56-day target
98%decided within 8 weeks
92%approved
231decided 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

No public comments yet.

1 neighbour consulted · Last counted 19 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15164515
Planning Portal ref
PP-15164515
Comments by
25 Sept 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Approved
x1 Cypress Macrocarpa adjacent to church porch - Fell. Reason: To avoid the tree becoming…
25/05660/CAT
2023 Approved
Limes (Marked L1, L2, L3, L4) (Located beside the church wall adjacent to Road) - Pollard…
23/05574/CAT
2023 Approved
Limes (Marked L1, L2, L3, L4) (Located beside the church wall adjacent to Road) - Pollard…
23/05574/CAT
2022 Approved
Cypress (Marked T1)- Fell to the ground - Reason: Poor condition, prone to wind damage, b…
22/05613/CAT
2022 Approved
Cypress (Marked T1)- Fell to the ground - Reason: Poor condition, prone to wind damage, b…
22/05613/CAT
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved
Little Waltham Hall Brook Hill Little Waltham Chelmsford CM3 3LJ
Cypress Leylandi Hedge - Fell. Reason: Grown tall and have little or no growth at lower l…
25/05704/CAT
2025 Approved
Little Waltham Hall Brook Hill Little Waltham Chelmsford CM3 3LJ
Three Cypress Macrocarpa- Located at south end of garden - Fell to ground level. Reason…
25/05659/CAT
2024 Approved
The Old Rectory Brook Hill Little Waltham Chelmsford CM3 3LJ
T1 and T2 Laurels - coppice the two trees. Reason: In order to make the trees easier to m…
24/05626/CAT
2024 Approved
The Old Rectory Brook Hill Little Waltham Chelmsford CM3 3LJ
T1 and T2 Laurels - coppice the two trees. Reason: In order to make the trees easier to m…
24/05626/CAT
2023 Approved
Little Waltham Hall Brook Hill Little Waltham Chelmsford CM3 3LJ
Cypress Leylandii hedge on southern boundary - Reduce height by approx 6m - Reason: allow…
23/05629/CAT
2023 Approved
Little Waltham Hall Brook Hill Little Waltham Chelmsford CM3 3LJ
Cypress Leylandii hedge on southern boundary - Reduce height by approx 6m - Reason: allow…
23/05629/CAT
2022 Approved
The Lake House Brook Hill Little Waltham Chelmsford Essex CM3 3LJ
Leylandii - (Marked T1-T6 on map) - Fell to ground; Sycamore (Marked T7, T8 & T9 on map)…
22/05566/CAT
2022 Approved
The Lake House Brook Hill Little Waltham Chelmsford Essex CM3 3LJ
Leylandii - (Marked T1-T6 on map) - Fell to ground; Sycamore (Marked T7, T8 & T9 on map)…
22/05566/CAT
2022 Approved
Little Waltham Hall Brook Hill Little Waltham Chelmsford CM3 3LJ
x11 Leylandii Trees Works: To fell the trees Reason: originally planted as a hedge to scr…
22/05525/CAT
2022 Approved
Little Waltham Hall Brook Hill Little Waltham Chelmsford CM3 3LJ
x11 Leylandii Trees Works: To fell the trees Reason: originally planted as a hedge to scr…
22/05525/CAT
2017 Approved
Hallfield House Back Lane Little Waltham Chelmsford CM3 3LX
T3 Ash - rear garden of Hallfield House - fell to ground level. Reason: poor structural f…
17/05085/TPO
2017 Approved
Hallfield House Back Lane Little Waltham Chelmsford CM3 3LX
T3 Ash - rear garden of Hallfield House - fell to ground level. Reason: poor structural f…
17/05085/TPO
Chelmsford
Planning Authority Score
7.4/10
Good
#45 of 296 councils
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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