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UTT/26/1759/TPO - Tree Preservation Order Approved

Proposal

3 no. Horse Chestnut (39, 40, 41 on submitted report) - trees have been identified as in poor condition and requiring the stipulated works to make them safe, particularly as they adjoin the Highway. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 12 Sept 2026, 05:19

Application progress

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Received

14 Jul 2026

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Validated

16 Jul 2026

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Approved

30 Jul 2026

Approved on 30 Jul 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 6 Aug 2026

Documents 6

Site constraints 7

Scheduled monument: Audley End Mansion

Scheduled monument consent is needed for any work to it, separate from planning permission.

Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.

Historic England ↗

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea

High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.

The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.

Flood map ↗

Registered park or garden: Audley End

Nationally designated heritage. Its significance and setting carry great weight.

Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.

Historic England ↗

Audley End Park 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.

Agricultural land, grade 2

Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Predicted from the national soil map. The older provisional map, which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 3. 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.

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

6 listed buildings within 150 m.

Not affected

Not green belt

Checked on 11 September 2026. 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: Uttlesford
Application type: Tree Preservation Order
Postcode: CB11 4JG
Received: 14 Jul 2026
Validated: 16 Jul 2026
Ward: Saffron Walden Audley
Parish: Saffron Walden
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 10 Sept 2026
Decision: Tree Granted
Decision date: 30 Jul 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Audley End Estate

How this decision compares

Decided in 14 days from validation, 8 days faster than Uttlesford's median of 22 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 96% of tree and landscaping works here are.

This one14d

Council22d

UK36d

94%decided within 8 weeks

96%approved

171decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 6 Aug 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-15083786
Env. assessment: No

Uttlesford

Planning Authority Score

6.2/10

Average

#95 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

Uttlesford is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #31 out of 296. Only 25% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Uttlesford is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 82% approved vs 90% nationally.

One of the strictest councils

only 82% approved vs 90% nationally

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

Uttlesford decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

77%

Overall approval rate

Below avg (87%) #280 of 296

82%

Householder approved

Below avg (90%) #272 of 296

82%

Decided in 8 weeks

Above avg (63%) #31 of 296

25%

Extended time limit

Below avg (41%) #33 of 296

71%

Minor dwellings approved

276 decided (1-9 homes)

87%

Major dwellings approved

23 decided (10+ homes)

64%

Change of use approved

28 decided

1,247

Total decisions

288 refused in the year to March 2026

Chestnut Avenue Littlebury Essex Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 6

Decision & officer reports 1

Statements & assessments 1

Plans & drawings 1

Application forms 1

Other documents 2

Site constraints 7

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