Land West Of Scripps Farm Goat Lodge Road Great Totham Essex Data via plota.co.uk

26/00112/WTPO - Works to Tree Preservation Order Refused

Proposal

(TPO ) T1-10 Oak - Lateral reduction by 3 meters, field side only. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
11 Feb 2026
✓
Validated
23 Feb 2026
✓
Consultation
23 Feb 2026
✗
Refused
20 Apr 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 20 Apr 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 5 Jul 2026

Site constraints 5

Public footpath about 28 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.
Also on the record
Registered park or garden about 209 m away: Garden of Great Ruffins; Priority habitat about 4 m away: No main habitat but additional habitats present; Inside the Wickham Bishops 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 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
Maldon
Application type
Works to Tree Preservation Order
Postcode
CM9 8BU
Received
11 Feb 2026
Validated
23 Feb 2026
Ward
Great Totham
Parish
Great Totham
Case officer
Show
Target decision
20 Apr 2026
Decision
Refused
Decision date
20 Apr 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, 14 days slower than Maldon's median of 42 for tree and landscaping works. Refused, as 8% of tree and landscaping works here are.

94%decided within 8 weeks
92%approved
101decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
23 Feb 2026
Comments by
25 Mar 2026
Site or press notice
4 Mar 2026
Statutory expiry
20 Apr 2026
Env. assessment
No
Maldon
Planning Authority Score
3/10
Poor
#236 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Maldon is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #204 out of 296. 53% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (91%) than the national average (90%).

Slower than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Maldon decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
87%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #173 of 296
91%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #176 of 296
56%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #204 of 296
53%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #242 of 296
67%
Minor dwellings approved
66 decided (1-9 homes)
45%
Major dwellings approved
11 decided (10+ homes)
82%
Change of use approved
11 decided
444
Total decisions
59 refused in the year to March 2026