Planning application
8 Gog Magog Way Stapleford Cambridgeshire CB22 5BQ
Works: Trees
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
T2 and T3 - Beech - Fell to ground level Reason - trees have outgrown their location.
As published by the council, reference 26/0496/TTPO
Application record
- Reference
- 26/0496/TTPO
- Type
- Works to TPO trees
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Refused As published: Refused Permission
- Received
- 18 May 2026
- Validated
- 3 Jun 2026
- Decided
- 14 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Shelford
- Parish
- Stapleford CP
- Decision by
- Tree - Officer (SCDC)
- Postcode
- CB22 5BQ
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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18 May 2026
Received by South Cambridgeshire
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3 Jun 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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14 Jul 2026
Decision issued: Refused Permission
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23 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Arborcare Agent, registered in Okehampton
Dissolved · incorporated 2008 · Okehampton
27 applications on PlanIndex · across 5 councils · 92% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
14 documents on file for this application
- DECISION NOTICE
- PARISH
- PHOTO 3
- TREE LOCATION CONFIRMED
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER
- INVALID CHASE
- PHOTO 1
- PHOTO 2
- PHOTO 4
- INVALID LETTER
- ADDITIONAL TREE PHOTO 1
- APPLICATION FORM - NO PERSONAL INFO
- FEE CALCULATION
- LOCATION PLAN
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Open the documentsWhat this refusal means
South Cambridgeshire refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. 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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