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82 Mill Lane Sawston Cambridgeshire CB22 3HZ

23/1544/TTPOWorks to TPO treesApproved

Approved on 6 February 2024

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Horse Chestnut reduce height by 4m reduce spread on all sides by 2.5 - 3m remove deadwood raise lower canopy by 2-3m by removal of growths on main stem tree previously pollarded and management has lapsed, resulting in heavy re-growths throughout canopy at risk of failure above roof, road and public footpath

Received
14 December 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Sawston
Agent
Eastern Tree Surgery Ltd
  1. Received14 Dec
  2. Validated14 Dec
  3. Consult.15 Jan
  4. Target8 Feb
  5. Decided6 Feb

Decided in 54 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 82 Mill Lane Sawston Cambridgeshire CB22 3HZ. South Cambridgeshire has handled 2,015 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days, 5 days longer than South Cambridgeshire's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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 3HZ
Application type
Works to TPO trees
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Sawston CP
District
South Cambridgeshire District Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 December 2023
Consultation expiry
15 January 2024
Consultation start
20 December 2023
Consultation end
15 January 2024
Last date for comments
15 January 2024
Target decision date
8 February 2024
Permission expires
6 February 2026

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
8
Constraints
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II: 82, Mill LaneOn this site
  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO 0006 (2007)Protected tree on or next to this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, Article 4 directions, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, 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.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: South Cambridgeshire

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