Headley House Elephant Green Church Street Newport Saffron Walden Essex CB11 3RB Data via plota.co.uk

UTT/26/1955/TCA - Tree Works Notification Approved

Proposal

1 no. Magnolia - reduce overall size to mitigate against damage to nearby wall, 1 no. Plum - reduce in size so plums can be reached and 1 no. Sycamore - reduce height by half Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
3 Aug 2026
✓
Approved
10 Sept 2026

Approved on 10 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 10 Sept 2026

Site constraints 7

Grade II listed: Headley House
List entry 1234787 · The pin is inside its outline · 52 more listed buildings within 150 m (1 Grade I, 38 Grade II)
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.
Show the other 52 with distances
Historic England ↗
Newport 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.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
SSSI 206 m away: Debden Water SSSI; Radon affected area, class 2; Inside the Newport (Uttlesford) 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. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) 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 Works Notification
Postcode
CB11 3RB
Received
3 Aug 2026
Validated
3 Aug 2026
Ward
Newport
Parish
Newport
Case officer
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Target decision
14 Sept 2026
Decision
Tree No Objections
Decision date
10 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 38 days from validation, 15 days slower than Uttlesford's median of 23 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 96% of tree and landscaping works here are.

94%decided within 8 weeks
96%approved
232decided 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 10 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15129032
Planning Portal ref
PP-15129032
Statutory expiry
14 Sept 2026
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

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