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T0088.25 Refused

Proposal

T14 - pollard management at 7m from ground level is proposed. The tree is a mammoth example at over 20m and was approaching over mature status back in 2019. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
4 Jul 2025
✓
Validated
15 Aug 2025
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Refused
8 Sept 2025
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Appeal allowed
11 Jun 2026

Refused on 8 Sept 2025 · Last checked 16 Oct 2026

Site constraints 7

Air quality management area: Havering AQMA
The council has declared the area as failing an air quality objective.
Schemes that add traffic, parking or combustion plant are assessed against the area's action plan and may need an air quality assessment.
Council record ↗
Also on the record
Scheduled monument about 169 m away: Medieval grange barn, 228m south-east of Upminster Court; National infrastructure project about 1480 m away: Lower Thames Crossing; 1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin; Inside the Havering built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 1b (very poor), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square; Designated open space about 28 m away.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt

Checked on 15 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, the Planning Inspectorate, Transport for London (public transport access levels, Powered by TfL Open Data, OGL v3.0, contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2025) 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
Havering
Postcode
RM14 1BS
Received
4 Jul 2025
Validated
15 Aug 2025
Ward
Cranham
Case officer
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Target decision
26 Sept 2025
Decision
Tree Work Refused Conditions/Reasons
Decision date
8 Sept 2025
Appeal
Allowed · 11 Jun 2026 · Hearing · Inspectorate case 6005149 ↗
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How this decision compares

Decided in 24 days from validation, 12 days faster than Havering's median of 36 for tree and landscaping works. Refused, as 22% of tree and landscaping works here are.

89%decided within 8 weeks
78%approved
116decided in the last year

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

Havering
Planning Authority Score
2.5/10
Poor
#251 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Havering is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #202 out of 296. 47% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Havering is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 83% approved vs 90% nationally.

One of the strictest councils
only 83% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Havering decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
74%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #290 of 296
83%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #262 of 296
56%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #202 of 296
47%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #207 of 296
42%
Minor dwellings approved
156 decided (1-9 homes)
83%
Major dwellings approved
12 decided (10+ homes)
29%
Change of use approved
101 decided
1,501
Total decisions
385 refused in the year to March 2026