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38 Tunwells Lane Great Shelford CB22 5LJ

21/0397/TTCAWorks to CA treesApproved

Approved on 16 April 2021

Council decision: Have No Objection ToDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

1) Pine - reduce long low sagging branch (has dropped 50cm in 4 years) over garden to secondary branch at 5m (which is 5m from the trunk) - reduce branch above this by up to 2m 2) Lawson Cypress variety - fell See accompanying photos

Received
19 March 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Shelford
Agent
Care for Trees Ltd.
  1. Received19 Mar
  2. Validated19 Mar
  3. Consult.14 Apr
  4. Target30 Apr
  5. Decided16 Apr

Decided in 28 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 38 Tunwells Lane Great Shelford CB22 5LJ. Cambridge has handled 1,228 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 3 weeks quicker than Cambridge's typical decision time. The site is in the Great Shelford conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,974 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 5LJ
Application type
Works to CA trees
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Great Shelford CP
District
South Cambridgeshire District Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 March 2021
Consultation expiry
14 April 2021
Consultation start
24 March 2021
Consultation end
14 April 2021
Last date for comments
14 April 2021
Target decision date
30 April 2021
Permission expires
16 April 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Care for Trees Ltd.
Agent address
3 Woollards Lane Great Shelford Cambridge CB22 5LZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
8
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Great Shelford
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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