54 Hopping Jacks Lane Danbury Chelmsford CM3 4PD Data via plota.co.uk

26/05237/TPO Pending Consideration
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

T2 Oak - Fell. Reason: To avoid risk of deadwood falling and risk of limb/ tree failure onto footpath and roadway. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
13 Oct 2026
Decision
Expected by 8 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 23 Nov 2026, from Chelmsford's recent tree and landscaping works.

Comments are open until 13 Nov 2026

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Documents

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Site constraints 4

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 about 148 m away: Woodham Walter Common 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 Danbury built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 4, 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 22 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
Postcode
CM3 4PD
Received
13 Oct 2026
Validated
13 Oct 2026
Target decision
8 Dec 2026

Decision outlook

Day 15 of the 56-day target. Chelmsford usually decides tree and landscaping works by day 41.

Day 1541 days to the 56-day target
97%decided within 8 weeks
92%approved
332decided 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

No public comments yet.

Last counted 22 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15293558
Planning Portal ref
PP-15293558
Comments by
13 Nov 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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2024 Approved
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2024 Approved
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2023 Approved
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2023 Approved
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2022 Approved
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2021 Approved
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2021
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2019 Approved
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(T2) - Oak Stump - Fell - Approx height of 5m - Reason: No new growth for a number of yea…
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2018 Approved
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2018 Approved
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2018 Approved
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2018 Approved
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2017 Approved
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2016 Approved
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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