Woodlands The Ridge Little Baddow Chelmsford Essex CM3 4RY Data via plota.co.uk

26/05022/TPO Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

T3 - Oak (Quercus) (marked X on site plan) - Reduce canopy by 1.5 to 2m on south, east and north sides. Remove major deadwood over 30mm. Reason - To reshape remaining canopy to rebalance. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
25 Feb 2026
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Approved
27 Mar 2026

Approved on 27 Mar 2026 · Last checked 6 Jul 2026

Documents

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Site constraints 6

SSSI about 65 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.
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
1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin; Inside the Danbury built-up area; Priority habitat about 46 m away: Deciduous woodland; 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 4RY
Received
25 Feb 2026
Validated
25 Feb 2026
Target decision
22 Apr 2026
Decision date
27 Mar 2026

How this decision compares

Decided in 30 days from validation, 8 days faster 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 →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14641025
Planning Portal ref
PP-14641025
Comments by
19 Mar 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Approved
T3 Oak (Marked T1 on site plan) - Installation of a root barrier. Reason: Subsidence.
25/05254/TPO
2020 Approved
T7 - Neighbours Oak on West Boundary (TPO/1997/005) - Reduce encroachment by 2.5 metres b…
20/05044/TPO
2020 Approved
T7 - Neighbours Oak on West Boundary (TPO/1997/005) - Reduce encroachment by 2.5 metres b…
20/05044/TPO
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2016 Refused
Magnolia House Common Lane Little Baddow Chelmsford Essex CM3 4RY
Trees along western boundary: Cut back branches overhanging Knole Cottage to boundary lin…
16/05230/TPO
2016 Approved
Land East Of Woodstock The Ridge Little Baddow Chelmsford Essex
W2 Woodland - rear boundary of Woodstock - 5 year management plan to trim back overhang o…
16/05118/TPO
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%).

Among the fastest councils in England
for householder decisions
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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