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Wellford House Old School Lane Whittlesford Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB22 4YS

21/0501/TTCAWorks to CA treesApproved

Approved on 11 June 2021

Council decision: Have No Objection ToDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Amended T1 Cedar tree, Selectively reduce the overall canopy to clear the building and access road by up to 2 metres T2, T3, T4 Small group of 2x Birch and 1x Beech Trees that significantly overhanging the neighbouring property. Reduction of the canopy by upto 3 metres T5 Sycamore Tree. To reduce to previous high points. By upto 2 metres.

Received
24 May 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Whittlesford
Agent
Masons Tree Contractors Ltd
  1. Received24 May
  2. Validated24 May
  3. Consult.13 May
  4. Target5 Jul
  5. Decided11 Jun

Decided in 18 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Wellford House Old School Lane Whittlesford Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB22 4YS. South Cambridgeshire has handled 2,015 applications of this type. This one was decided in 18 days, 4 weeks quicker than South Cambridgeshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Meldreth conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 63 applications across Whittlesford. We hold 1,982 applications in total for the CB22 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
CB22 4YS
Application type
Works to CA trees
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Whittlesford CP
District
South Cambridgeshire District Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 May 2021
Consultation expiry
13 May 2021
Consultation start
22 April 2021
Consultation end
13 May 2021
Last date for comments
13 May 2021
Target decision date
5 July 2021
Permission expires
11 June 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Masons Tree Contractors Ltd
Agent address
Meadow Brook Farm Cambridge Road great abington cb216bl United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
10
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Meldreth
  • Listed building: Grade II: ApplecoteOn or next to this site
  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO 0007 (1966)Protected tree on or next to this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, 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.

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Source: South Cambridgeshire

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