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The Old Rectory Mill Hill Weston Colville CB21 5NY

21/0033/TTPOWorks to TPO treesApproved

Approved on 4 February 2021

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

TPO 0014 (180) A1: Beech (T1932) Tree in decline and major dead wood, upper crown dead and failed stems evident within crown. Fell and grind out stump. Limited visual amenity due to position. Not suitable site for new large tree species as it lies on a small outcrop and is adjacent to the road and two properties. Will replant same elsewhere on property. Oak (T1928) Tree completely dead and hollowed out up to 3m. Fell and grind out stump. High visual amenity on front of property. Not suitable site for new tree as it stands at the top of a bank on the very edge. Will replant same elsewhere on property.

Received
15 January 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Balsham
  1. Received15 Jan
  2. Validated18 Jan
  3. Consult.3 Feb
  4. Target15 Mar
  5. Decided4 Feb

Decided in 17 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Old Rectory Mill Hill Weston Colville CB21 5NY. South Cambridgeshire has handled 2,015 applications of this type. This one was decided in 20 days, 4 weeks quicker than South Cambridgeshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 58 applications across Balsham. We hold 1,477 applications in total for the CB21 postcode area.

97% of trees applications at South Cambridgeshire District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
CB21 5NY
Application type
Works to TPO trees
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Weston Colville CP
District
South Cambridgeshire District Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 January 2021
Consultation expiry
3 February 2021
Consultation start
20 January 2021
Consultation end
3 February 2021
Last date for comments
3 February 2021
Target decision date
15 March 2021
Permission expires
4 February 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO 0014 (1980)Part of the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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.

Source: South Cambridgeshire

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