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Chancel Cottage 34 Hay Street Steeple Morden SG8 0PE

21/1233/TTCAWorks to CA treesApproved

Approved on 3 November 2021

Council decision: Have No Objection ToDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T.1 - Palm - Fell to ground level T.2 - Palm - Fell to ground level T.3 - Fig - Reduce height by 50% T.4 - Maple - Crown lift to provide 3M clearance from ground level. T.5 - Leyland Cypress - cut back lateral overhang from neighbours tree by 1M. T.6 - Hazel - Crown reduce tree on boundary by 1M to re shape canopy and allow more light to front of the house. t.7 Cherry - Fell to ground level and grind stump to allow more light to garden.

Received
23 September 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
The Mordens
Agent
Shire tree limited
  1. Received23 Sep
  2. Validated27 Sep
  3. Consult.18 Oct
  4. Target8 Nov
  5. Decided3 Nov

Decided in 37 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Chancel Cottage 34 Hay Street Steeple Morden SG8 0PE. South Cambridgeshire has handled 2,015 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days, 8 days quicker than South Cambridgeshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Steeple Morden St Peter and St Paul's conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 70 applications across The Mordens. We hold 2,703 applications in total for the SG8 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
SG8 0PE
Application type
Works to CA trees
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Steeple Morden CP
District
South Cambridgeshire District Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 September 2021
Consultation expiry
18 October 2021
Consultation start
27 September 2021
Consultation end
18 October 2021
Neighbour consultation end
11 October 2021
Last date for comments
18 October 2021
Target decision date
8 November 2021
Permission expires
3 November 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Shire tree limited
Agent address
1A Trigg Way Melbourn Royston SG8 6HX

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
11
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Steeple Morden - St Peter and St Paul
  • 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.

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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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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2017
    9 Mar

    See application

    ApprovedWorks to CA treesS/0823/17/TC

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