St Mary Magdalene Church Church Lane Upminster RM14 3QH Data via plota.co.uk

T0109.26 Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

Referred Tree survey report refers to tree description as follows. Tree number, Tree survey Tag number, Species, Recommendations, Comments and locations using Eastings (E) & Northings (N). 1 - G1 - A Group Mixed Broadleaf - Reduce height of poplars to 5m. Raise low branches of entire group over the road to 5m. Remove deadwood on road side only. Sever ivy to preserve tree vitality and remove all diseased, dead and dying stems in falling distance of the road - Group consists of poplar, hawthorn, sycamore, horse chestnut and ivy. Mature poplar stem diameter range from 700-900mm, height range from 14-16m. Crown spread is 9-11m radius, poplar stem count is two . Other group members range from 150-300mm in stem diameter, 1.5-5m in height and stem count estimated. Poplar has a weak timber character and likely to fail from weight loading and weather conditions. E 558796.22 N 185015.18 2 - G2 - A Group Mixed Broadleaf - Remove all disease, dying and dead stems in falling distance of the road, sever ivy to preserve tree vitality of healthy stems, raise low branches over the road by 5m, reduce lateral limbs extending over the road 1m back from the road edge - Group consists of oak, sycamore and elm. Stem count estimated. Stem height ranges from 2-7m. Stem diameter ranges from 100-350mm. E 558800.22 N 185066.03 3 - G3 - A Group Mixed Broadleaf -Remove all disease, dying and dead stems in falling distance of the road, sever ivy to preserve tree vitality of healthy stems, raise low branches over the road by 5m, reduce lateral limbs extending over the road 1m back from the road edge - Group consists of oak, sycamore and elm. Stem count estimated. Stem height ranges from 2-7m. Stem diameter ranges from 100-350mm. 4 - G4 - A Group Mixed Broadleaf - Remove all disease, dying and dead stems in falling distance of the road, sever ivy to preserve tree vitality of healthy stems, raise low branches over the road by 5m, reduce lateral limbs extending over the road 1m back from the road edge. Remove major deadwood over the road - Group consists of oak, sycamore, pine, lime, and elm. Stem count estimated. Stem height ranges from 2-14m. Stem diameter ranges from 100-350mm. Please see the Additional Comments document for the pruning for the repair works on Church Lane. Data via plota.co.uk

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Site constraints 11

3 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Farmyard Wall to Former North Ockendon Hall, Grade II, about 7 m from the postcode pin · 1 Grade I, 2 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
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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North Ockendon 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.
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Public footpath about 11 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.
Agricultural land, grade 3a
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 1. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Archaeological priority area: Potential prehistoric deposits may be buried beneath gravel deposits.
An assessment or field evaluation may be asked for before ground works.
The council or Historic England considers archaeology likely here. A desk-based assessment, and sometimes trial trenching, can be asked for with the application.
Air quality management area: Havering AQMA
The council has declared the area as failing an air quality objective.
Schemes that add traffic, parking or combustion plant are assessed against the area's action plan and may need an air quality assessment.
Council record ↗
National infrastructure project about 558 m away: Lower Thames Crossing
The site is about 558 m from the project boundary. Highway, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted.
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
Public transport access: PTAL 1a (very poor), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square; Priority habitat about 37 m away: No main habitat but additional habitats present.
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, the Planning Inspectorate, Transport for London (public transport access levels, Powered by TfL Open Data, OGL v3.0, contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2025) 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
Havering
Postcode
RM14 3QH
Received
19 Aug 2026
Validated
19 Aug 2026
Ward
Upminster
Case officer
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Target decision
30 Sept 2026
Decision
Tree Work Approved Conditions/Reasons
Decision date
22 Oct 2026
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How this decision compares

Decided in 64 days from validation, 28 days slower than Havering's median of 36 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 78% of tree and landscaping works here are.

89%decided within 8 weeks
78%approved
116decided in the last year

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

Historical activity at this location

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Havering
Planning Authority Score
2.5/10
Poor
#251 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Havering is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #202 out of 296. 47% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Havering is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 83% approved vs 90% nationally.

One of the strictest councils
only 83% approved vs 90% nationally
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Havering decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
74%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #290 of 296
83%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #262 of 296
56%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #202 of 296
47%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #207 of 296
42%
Minor dwellings approved
156 decided (1-9 homes)
83%
Major dwellings approved
12 decided (10+ homes)
29%
Change of use approved
101 decided
1,501
Total decisions
385 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings