Planning application
81 High Street Guilden Morden Cambridgeshire SG8 0JS
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
T.1 - Whitebeam - Fell to ground level due to significant lean directly over an adjacent parking space, creating a foreseeable risk to people and property
As published by the council, reference 26/0581/TTCA
Application record
- Reference
- 26/0581/TTCA
- Type
- Works to CA trees
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Have No Objection To
- Received
- 10 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 10 Jun 2026
- Decided
- 14 Jul 2026
- Ward
- The Mordens
- Parish
- Guilden Morden CP
- Decision by
- Tree - Officer (SCDC)
- Postcode
- SG8 0JS
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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10 Jun 2026
Received by South Cambridgeshire
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14 Jul 2026
Decision issued: Have No Objection To
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23 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Shire Trees Ltd Agent, registered in Royston
Active · incorporated 2017 · Royston
39 applications on PlanIndex · across 4 councils · 96% granted
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7 documents on file for this application
- DECISION NOTICE
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER
- APPLICATION FORM - NO PERSONAL INFO
- FEE CALCULATION
- ATTACHMENT SUMMARY FROM PORTAL
- 81 HIGH STREET
- T.1
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
South Cambridgeshire granted permission on 14 July 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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