Planning application
65 High Street Toft Cambridgeshire CB23 2RL
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Sycamore to be pollarded back to knuckle as shown in photo attached (approx 6/7 metres). This tree has been pollarded every 4/5 years at least for the last 34 years.
As published by the council, reference 26/0286/TTCA
Application record
- Reference
- 26/0286/TTCA
- Type
- Works to CA trees
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Have No Objection To
- Received
- 19 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 19 Mar 2026
- Decided
- 24 Apr 2026
- Ward
- Hardwick
- Parish
- Toft CP
- Decision by
- Tree - Officer (SCDC)
- Postcode
- CB23 2RL
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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19 Mar 2026
Received by South Cambridgeshire
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24 Apr 2026
Decision issued: Have No Objection To
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4 Oct 2026
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Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
6 documents on file for this application
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South Cambridgeshire granted permission on 24 April 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About tree works applications
Applications for works to trees cover protected trees: consent under a tree preservation order, or six weeks notice for trees in a conservation area. More in our guide to planning application types.
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