Planning application
Sawston Nursery Tannery Road Sawston Cambridgeshire CB22 3UW
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Sycamore - Fell Reason - Major disruption to playground from buttress roots, excessive bird waste and toxicitty in play ground.
As published by the council, reference 26/0740/TTCA
Application record
- Reference
- 26/0740/TTCA
- Type
- Works to CA trees
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Have No Objection To
- Received
- 17 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 17 Jul 2026
- Decided
- 27 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Sawston
- Parish
- Sawston CP
- Decision by
- Tree - Officer (SCDC)
- Postcode
- CB22 3UW
Site history
Applications at this address on the South Cambridgeshire register
This site has had 2 applications since 2024: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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24/1034/TTCA Granted
Sawston Nursery Tannery Road Sawston Cambridgeshire CB22 3UW
Apple tree - Remove. Immature apple tree - Remove.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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17 Jul 2026
Received by South Cambridgeshire
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29 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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27 Aug 2026
Decision issued: Have No Objection To
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Eastern Tree Surgery Limited Agent, a tree-works contractor registered in Swaffham Prior
Active · incorporated 2012 · Swaffham Prior
182 applications on PlanIndex · across 5 councils · 94% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
7 documents on file for this application
- DECISION NOTICE
- PARISH
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER
- APPLICATION FORM - NO PERSONAL INFO
- FEE CALCULATION
- TREE LOCATION PLAN
- TREE PHOTO
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
South Cambridgeshire granted permission on 27 August 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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