The Old Vicarage Church Lane Sawston CB22 3JR
Proposal
G.1 Sycamore/s group - Crown Lift to provide 5 metres clearance from ground level and reduce back overhang to outbuilding by 1.5M only T.1 Purple beech - Reduce lower lateral branches by 2M to shape lower crown only with the rest of the crown and remove dead wood G.2 Mixed species of trees and hedge - Crown Lift to provide 6 metres clearance from ground level to clear pathway and highway (mainly Ash, Sycamore, Beech, Locust ect) ***request by local Parish council*** T.2 0- Sycamore - Fell to ground level (covered in creeper) and stack logs in woodland for habitat piles. G.5 - Sycamores - Cut growth back to trunk (as previously done) overhanging vicarage driveway. T.3 - Horse chestnut - Cut back overhanging lateral branches by 2.5 M to reduce overhang to house (Vicarage) roof and crown lift to 6M from ground levelfor new patio installation for The Old Vicarage G.6 -Sycamore/s - Cut back lower overhang(6 from ground level) by 4M over pathway and to clear neighbouring house at no 7 Church Lane T.5 -Ash - Fell tree because of multi stemmed union at lower base and heavily weighted parts of the tree growing over garage. Bigger driveway to be installed and re plant with another hardwood on boundary. G.3 - Sycamores - Crown Lift to provide 6 metres clearance from ground level G.4 - Holly group - Fell trees to allow more light and re landscape area and make more room for established Monkey Puzzle. Grind stump/s below ground level and re plant area with more suitable trees.
- Received
- 14 September 2021
- Decided
- 22 October 2021 · Have No Objection To
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Sawston
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- ReceivedReceived14 Sep
- ValidatedValidated14 Sep
- Consult.Consultation14 Oct
- TargetTarget Date26 Oct
- DecidedDecided22 Oct
Decided in 38 days (council typically 49)
This is a tree application at The Old Vicarage Church Lane Sawston CB22 3JR. South Cambridgeshire has handled 2,015 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 38 days. This one was decided in 38 days. The site is in the Sawston conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 84 applications across Sawston. We hold 1,950 applications in total for the CB22 postcode area.
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Planning history at this site
5 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202529 Sep
Removal of existing 1.5 M fence running adjacent to the pavement on Church Lane and construction of a…
ApprovedHouseholder25/03765/HFUL - 20244 Sep
T1 - Hazel - Crown reduce height and the spread by 1.5M to allow more light to the vegetable patch. T2…
ApprovedWorks to CA trees24/0972/TTCA - 20237 Mar
G.1 Group of 10 Sycamore trees. Fell to ground level low amenity trees. Trees to be removed and new boundary…
ApprovedWorks to CA trees23/0261/TTCA - 202110 Aug
Fell the following trees: T1, T4, T5, T6 & T11 - Leylandii "hedging" (which encroaches on the usable space in…
ApprovedWorks to CA trees21/0991/TTCA - 20219 Aug
Non-material amendment on S/2208/18/FL
RefusedNon-material amendmentS/2208/18/NMA1
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- Conservation area: Sawston
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)
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, 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.
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