Land North Of Westering Horse And Groom Lane Chelmsford Essex Data via plota.co.uk

26/05133/TPO Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

W1 - A - group of 3 Aspen max 150mm diameter - Fell to base. Reason - trees are dead. W1 - B - Aspen - Fell to base. Reason - to avoid it falling on the house. W1 - C - Ash - Reduce by 3m. Reason - to alleviate weight/wind loading and to give clearance to the building. W1 - D - Ash - Reduce by 3m. Reason - to alleviate weight/wind loading and to give clearance to the building. W1 - E - Aspen - Fell to a safe height (3m). Reason - showing signs of ground movement and separation to the adjacent tree canopy's. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
13 Jul 2026
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Approved
18 Aug 2026

Approved on 18 Aug 2026 · Last checked 27 Aug 2026

Documents

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Site constraints 5

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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Local nature reserve about 59 m away: Galleywood Common
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.
Also on the record
Priority habitat about 6 m away: No main habitat but additional habitats present; Inside the Chelmsford 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 · 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 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
Chelmsford
Received
13 Jul 2026
Validated
13 Jul 2026
Target decision
7 Sept 2026
Decision date
18 Aug 2026

How this decision compares

Decided in 36 days from validation, about the council's usual 39 days. Approved, as 92% of tree and landscaping works here are.

98%decided within 8 weeks
92%approved
231decided in the last year

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

Public comments

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1 neighbour consulted · Last counted 27 Aug 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15016920
Planning Portal ref
PP-15016920
Comments by
14 Aug 2026

Historical activity at this location

25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

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Chelmsford
Planning Authority Score
7.4/10
Good
#45 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Chelmsford is one of the fastest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #23 out of 296. Only 21% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (90%) than the national average (90%).

Among the fastest councils in England
for householder decisions
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Chelmsford decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
87%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #167 of 296
90%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #188 of 296
84%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #23 of 296
21%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #19 of 296
76%
Minor dwellings approved
164 decided (1-9 homes)
88%
Major dwellings approved
8 decided (10+ homes)
79%
Change of use approved
52 decided
1,304
Total decisions
168 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings