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St James Church Church Lane Spaldwick

23/00908/TRCAWorks to Tree in Con AreaApproved

Approved on 26 June 2023

Council decision: Consent toDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

T1 Chestnut - Remove 5m of a single lower bow on the western aspect and cut back to an existing active growth point. Removal of 4m from primary lateral bow overhanging graves. Eastern aspect to raise canopy to a height of 3.5m above ground level. T2 - Chestnut - Reduce the length of the first level of lateral bow on the eastern aspect by 3m and raising the canopy height by 3.5.# T3 - Cherry - Reduce the lenght of all lower bows facing Church Yard by 2.5 and raise canopy by 3m above ground level.

Received
19 May 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Alconbury
  1. Received19 May
  2. Validated19 May
  3. Consult.10 Jun
  4. Target30 Jun
  5. Decided26 Jun

Decided in 38 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at St James Church Church Lane Spaldwick. Huntingdonshire has handled 1,444 applications of this type. This one was decided in 38 days, 3 weeks quicker than Huntingdonshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Spaldwick conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 38 applications across Alconbury.

97% of trees applications at Huntingdonshire District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Works to Tree in Con Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Spaldwick

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 May 2023
Consultation expiry
10 June 2023
Neighbour consultation start
19 May 2023
Neighbour consultation end
10 June 2023
Last date for comments
10 June 2023
Target decision date
30 June 2023
Permission expires
26 June 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2023
    5 Sep

    Horsechestnut - Remove

    ApprovedWorks to Tree in Con Area23/01660/TRCA

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