Trinity House adjacent Old Mercedes Building Stour Road Harwich Essex CO12 3HF Data via plota.co.uk

26/01127/TCA - Trees in Conservation Area Approved

Proposal

Trees in a Conservation Area Notification - Crown lift to 13no. Holm Oak (Quercus ilex) to provide clearance over the footway and carriageway, and crown reduction back to previous pruning points. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
21 Jul 2026
Approved
21 Aug 2026

Approved on 21 Aug 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 21 Aug 2026

Site constraints 5

Flood zone 2, rivers and sea
Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 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 ↗
Special protection area 167 m away: Stour and Orwell Estuaries
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
SSSI 167 m away: Stour Estuary 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.
Also on the record
Inside the Harwich built-up area.
Not affected
Not green belt · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

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
Tendring
Application type
Trees in Conservation Area
Postcode
CO12 3HF
Received
21 Jul 2026
Validated
21 Jul 2026
Ward
Harwich & Kingsway
Parish
Harwich Town Council
Case officer
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Target decision
1 Sept 2026
Decision
Approval - Full
Decision date
21 Aug 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 31 days from validation, about the council's usual 29 days. Approved, as 98% of tree and landscaping works here are.

99%decided within 8 weeks
98%approved
177decided in the last year

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

Public comments

1comment received
1 neutral

Last counted 21 Aug 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15099581
Env. assessment
No
Tendring
Planning Authority Score
6.8/10
Good
#70 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other decisions

Tendring is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #40 out of 296. Only 26% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (89%) than the national average (90%).

Faster than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Tendring decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
85%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #212 of 296
89%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #211 of 296
80%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #40 of 296
26%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #38 of 296
71%
Minor dwellings approved
114 decided (1-9 homes)
88%
Major dwellings approved
16 decided (10+ homes)
80%
Change of use approved
49 decided
837
Total decisions
127 refused in the year to March 2026