St Marys The Virgin Church Church Street Newport Essex CB11 3RA Data via plota.co.uk

UTT/26/2308/TCA - Tree Works Notification Approved

Proposal

1 no. multi stemmed Ash along boundary line in church yard - reduce crown by approximately 4-5 meters and remove major deadwood Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
8 Sept 2026
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Approved
18 Sept 2026

Approved on 18 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 23 Sept 2026

Site constraints 8

Grade I listed: Church of St Mary the Virgin
List entry 1275990 · The pin is inside its outline · 46 more listed buildings within 150 m (34 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.
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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 277 m away: Debden Water SSSI; Radon affected area, class 2; Inside the Newport (Uttlesford) built-up area; Tree preservation order 23 m away: 54 Individual Trees, 9 Groups; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 2, 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 3RA
Received
8 Sept 2026
Validated
8 Sept 2026
Ward
Newport
Parish
Newport
Case officer
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Target decision
20 Oct 2026
Decision
Tree No Objections
Decision date
18 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
Maskalls Tree Surgery

How this decision compares

Decided in 10 days from validation, 10 days faster than Uttlesford's median of 20 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 96% of tree and landscaping works here are.

95%decided within 8 weeks
96%approved
343decided 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 23 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15210166
Planning Portal ref
PP-15210166
Statutory expiry
20 Oct 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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