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The Common Common Hill Saffron Walden Essex

UTT/26/2823/TCAAwaiting decision
Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Reduce crowns of 1 no. Sycamore, 1 no. London plane and 1 no. Whitebeam; re-pollard 1 no. Sycamore; remove hangers of 1 no. London plane and 1 no. Lime; remove dead limbs of 1 no. London plane and 2 no. Limes; lift crowns of 2 no. Norway maples and 1 no. London plane; remove basal growth of 1 no. Lime; create new structural pollard on 1 no. White willow and sever Ivy on 3 no. Sycamores and 1 no. Elm

Submitted
9 November 2026
  1. Received9 Nov
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided

About this application

This is a planning application at The Common Common Hill Saffron Walden Essex. Uttlesford has handled 6,751 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 9 November 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Saffron Walden conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address.

Application details

Site constraints

Checking the site
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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Saffron Walden 1
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 2/83/08-2760Protected tree on or next to this site
  • Scheduled monument: The MazePart of the site
  • Registered park and garden: The Maze, Saffron WaldenPart of the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, green belt, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, 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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    13 Jul

    Emergency works to 1 no. damaged Beech as per submitted documents

    PendingApplicationUTT/26/1742/TCA

Source: Uttlesford

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Protected trees (TPO) are on or next to this site.

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