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68 High Street Sawston CB22 3BG

21/1592/TTPOWorks to TPO treesApproved

Approved on 22 April 2022

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

DECAYED SYCAMORE - Reduce height to form monolith approximately 5 - 6m high Retain growth on mainstem Amendment on proposal see agent email

Received
23 November 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Sawston
  1. Received23 Nov
  2. Validated25 Nov
  3. Consult.16 Dec
  4. Target20 Jan
  5. Decided22 Apr

Decided in 148 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 68 High Street Sawston CB22 3BG. South Cambridgeshire has handled 2,015 applications of this type. This one was decided in 150 days, 14 weeks longer than South Cambridgeshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Sawston conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 75 applications across Sawston. We hold 1,982 applications in total for the CB22 postcode area.

97% of trees applications at South Cambridgeshire District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
CB22 3BG
Application type
Works to TPO trees
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Sawston CP
District
South Cambridgeshire District Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 November 2021
Consultation expiry
16 December 2021
Consultation start
25 November 2021
Consultation end
16 December 2021
Last date for comments
16 December 2021
Target decision date
20 January 2022
Permission expires
22 April 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Eastern Tree Surgery
Agent address
Regent Farm 7 Heath Road Swaffham Prior Cambridge CB25 0LA

Planning decision

Case officer
Robbie Barnes
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
4
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: SawstonPart of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: 58 and 60, High StreetOn this site · +4 more
  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO 0008 (1967)Part of the site · +1 more
  • Heritage at Risk Register: SawstonPart of the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2020
    26 Aug

    Non material amendment of planning permission S/3123/19/FL

    RefusedNon-material amendmentS/3123/19/NMA1

Source: South Cambridgeshire

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