Audley End House Audley End Estate Audley End Road Saffron Walden CB11 4JF Data via plota.co.uk

UTT/26/1715/TCA - Tree Works Notification Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

Proposed works to 5 no. Individual trees and 1 no. Mixed group as per submitted documents Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
10 Jul 2026
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Approved
19 Aug 2026

Approved on 19 Aug 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 19 Aug 2026

Documents 6

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF TNTCAZ - TCA NO OBJECTIONS Decision Notice · 19 Aug 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 1

PDF AERIAL TREE PLAN WITH NOTES B610-Supporting information · 10 Jul 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM B610-Supporting information · 10 Jul 2026 View ↗

Other documents 3

PDF OTHER B110-Officers Reports · 19 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF TCAACK - TCA ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Correspondence · 14 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF PROPOSED WORKS B610-Supporting information · 10 Jul 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 6

Scheduled monument: Audley End Mansion
Scheduled monument consent is needed for any work to it, separate from planning permission.
Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.
Historic England ↗
Grade I listed: Audley End House
List entry 1196114 · The pin is inside its outline · 4 more listed buildings within 150 m (1 Grade II*, 3 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 ↗
Registered park or garden: Audley End
Nationally designated heritage. Its significance and setting carry great weight.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
Audley End Park 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.
Agricultural land, grade 2
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 3. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt

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 4JF
Received
10 Jul 2026
Validated
10 Jul 2026
Ward
Saffron Walden Audley
Parish
Saffron Walden
Case officer
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Target decision
21 Aug 2026
Decision
Tree No Objections
Decision date
19 Aug 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Freehold owner
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How this decision compares

Decided in 40 days from validation, 17 days slower than Uttlesford's median of 23 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 96% of tree and landscaping works here are.

94%decided within 8 weeks
96%approved
232decided 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 19 Aug 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15073038
Planning Portal ref
PP-15073038
Statutory expiry
21 Aug 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

13 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2023 Approved
1no. Elm- fell
UTT/23/1951/TCA
2023 Approved
1no. Elm- fell
UTT/23/1951/TCA
2021 Approved
Cut back branch by 2-3m and prune 1no. Horse Chestnut. Crown lift and prune 1no. Common L…
UTT/21/3197/TCA
2021 Approved
Fell 1no. Horse Chestnut
UTT/21/3091/TCA
2020 Approved
Fell 1 no. Lime
UTT/20/1539/TCA
2020 Approved
Fell 1 no. Lime
UTT/20/1539/TCA
2020 Approved
Remove all limbs and reduce main stems to approximately 4m in height - 19 no. Yew
UTT/20/0181/TCA
2020 Approved
Remove all limbs and reduce main stems to approximately 4m in height - 19 no. Yew
UTT/20/0181/TCA
2018 Approved
Reduce over-extended lateral branch by 1.5 metres and match all lateral branches in lower…
UTT/18/2648/TCA
2017 Approved
Fell 1 no. Horse ChestnutReduce height by between 10-15% and lightly tip-reduce the remai…
UTT/17/3734/TCA
2017 Approved
Fell 1 no. Horse ChestnutReduce height by between 10-15% and lightly tip-reduce the remai…
UTT/17/3734/TCA
2017 Approved
Crown clean and thin 10% 2 no. London Plan, Crown clean and thin 10% 1 no. Horse Chestnut…
UTT/17/0761/TCA
2017 Approved
Crown clean and thin 10% 2 no. London Plan, Crown clean and thin 10% 1 no. Horse Chestnut…
UTT/17/0761/TCA
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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

Freehold owner: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.