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Mount Cottage South Street Great Chesterford Saffron Walden Essex CB10 1NW

UTT/26/0077/TCATree Works NotificationApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 30 January 2026

Council decision: Tree No ObjectionsDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

1 no. Apple tree to be pollarded to reduce its height and to improve the health of the tree

Received
12 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Littlebury, Chesterford And Wendens Loft
  1. Received12 Jan
  2. Validated12 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target23 Feb
  5. Decided30 Jan

Decided in 18 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Mount Cottage South Street Great Chesterford Saffron Walden Essex CB10 1NW. Uttlesford has handled 389 applications of this type. This one was decided in 18 days, 4 weeks quicker than Uttlesford's typical decision time. The site is in the Great Chesterford conservation area, with 13 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 77 applications across Littlebury, Chesterford And Wendens Loft. We hold 1,334 applications in total for the CB10 postcode area.

98% of trees applications at Uttlesford District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
CB10 1NW
Application type
Tree Works Notification
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Great Chesterford

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 January 2026
Target decision date
23 February 2026
Decision issued
2 February 2026
Permission expires
2 February 2028

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Great Chesterford
  • Listed building: Grade II: Mount CottageOn or next to this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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.

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

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

Source: Uttlesford

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