Skylarks Bury Road Pleshey Chelmsford CM3 1HB
Description
1x Crab Apple (labelled 3 on site plan) - Reduce by 1m. Reason - to reshape, remove deadwood and old stubs. 1x Walnut (labelled 4 on the site plan) - Crown lift canopy to 3m above ground level, remove deadwood over 40mm. Reason - To improve ground clearance. 1x Walnut (labelled 5 on site plan) - Crown lift canopy to 3m above ground level. Reduce low lateral limb by 3.5m to growth point at 3m. Remove deadwood over 40mm. Reason - To lessen loading on exposed limb. 1x Walnut (labelled 6 on site plan) - Reduce end weight on low lateral limb framework by 2m. Crown lift low canopy to 3m above ground level. Remove deadwood over 40mm. Reason - To lessen wind loading. 1x Walnut (labelled 7 on site plan)- Reduce canopy by 3m. Crown lift low canopy to 3m above ground level. Remove deadwood over 40mm. Reason - To lessen loading on low forks and limb with Inonotus. 1x Apple (labelled 8 on site plan)- Crown thin by 10-15%. Remove major deadwood and old stubs. Reason - To tidy appearance.
Chelmsford is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #29 out of 282. Only 18% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 40% national average - the council usually decides on time. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (89%) than the national average (90%).