Planning application
70 Tavistock Drive Nottingham Nottingham City NG3 5DW
Works: Trees
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Mature trees within property boundary require routine pruning work to reduce leaf canopy by up to one-third. T2 = Purple plum and Lilac (T2) T6 = Laburnum T7 = Lilac T10 = Apple Work to be carried out by professional tree surgeon (not yet appointed)
As published by the council, reference 26/01272/PWC
Application record
- Reference
- 26/01272/PWC
- Status
- Pending Consideration
- Received
- 22 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 31 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Mapperley (May 2019)
- Postcode
- NG3 5DW
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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22 Jul 2026
Received by Nottingham
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31 Jul 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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7 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 25 September 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Nottingham took a median of 81 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
2 documents on file for this application
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The process from here
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