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3 Kings Mill Lane Great Shelford CB22 5EN

20/2037/TTPOWorks to TPO treesApproved

Approved on 22 October 2020

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

TPO 0017 (1977) A1: Two beech trees to be crown lifted by 2m to increase light and access into the garden. Crown reduction by 1.5m to improve form of the canopy as it has become very straggly.

Received
27 September 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Shelford
  1. Received27 Sep
  2. Validated27 Sep
  3. Consult.6 Oct
  4. Target22 Nov
  5. Decided22 Oct

Decided in 25 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 3 Kings Mill Lane Great Shelford CB22 5EN. Cambridge has handled 1,228 applications of this type. This one was decided in 25 days, 3 weeks quicker than Cambridge's typical decision time. The site is in the Great Shelford conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,982 applications in total for the CB22 postcode area.

94% of trees applications at Cambridge City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
CB22 5EN
Application type
Works to TPO trees
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Great Shelford CP
District
South Cambridgeshire District Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 September 2020
Consultation expiry
6 October 2020
Consultation start
6 October 2020
Consultation end
6 October 2020
Last date for comments
6 October 2020
Target decision date
22 November 2020
Decision issued
23 October 2020
Permission expires
23 October 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent
Monkey Puzzle Trees and Gardens
Agent address
6 Burnt Close GRANTCHESTER CB3 9NJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
4
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Great Shelford
  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO 0017 (1977)Covers the site
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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