Wellway House Vicarage Road Finchingfield Essex CM7 4LF Data via plota.co.uk

Pending 26/02312/TPOCON

Trees & landscaping

Council

Braintree 7/10

Date received

7 Oct 2026

Date validated

7 Oct 2026

Postcode

CM7 4LF

Description

Notice of intent to carry out works to trees in a Conservation Area: 1 No.Conifer fir tree-Fell tree. Reason -Tree is dying and dropping huge branches into the garden & strangled by ivy. Data via plota.co.uk

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Last checked 8 Oct 2026, 23:15

Decision outlook

Plota predicts a decision around 13 Nov 2026, from Braintree's recent tree and landscaping works.

Day 3 of the 56-day target. Braintree usually decides tree and landscaping works by day 37.

prediction

Day 353 days to the 56-day target

100%decided within 8 weeks

94%approved

55decided in the last year

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

Site constraints 3

Conservation area about 11 m away: Finchingfield

The edge of the area; work outside it can still affect its setting.

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.

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Also on the record

Inside the Finchingfield 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 8 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £375,000 in November 2000. Detached house, freehold.

16 November 2000£375,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Braintree

Planning Authority Score

7/10

Good

#61 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

Braintree is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #47 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (92%) than the national average (90%).

Faster than most councils

for householder decisions

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Braintree decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

86%

Overall approval rate

Below avg (87%) #189 of 296

92%

Householder approved

Above avg (90%) #148 of 296

78%

Decided in 8 weeks

Above avg (63%) #47 of 296

33%

Extended time limit

Below avg (41%) #71 of 296

62%

Minor dwellings approved

119 decided (1-9 homes)

87%

Major dwellings approved

15 decided (10+ homes)

91%

Change of use approved

11 decided

927

Total decisions

132 refused in the year to March 2026