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70 High Street Great Shelford CB22 5EH

21/1553/TTCAWorks to CA treesApproved

Approved on 12 January 2022

Council decision: Have No Objection ToDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

1) Birch - fell. Very thin crown - part of a group of birches which have been dying over recent years (suspected to be caused by honey fungus) 2) Variegated maple - reduce height by about 2m, reduce remainder of crown by about 1m 3) Cherry - reduce crown by 1m all round

Received
16 November 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Shelford
Agent
Care for Trees Ltd.
  1. Received16 Nov
  2. Validated17 Nov
  3. Consult.8 Dec
  4. Target29 Dec
  5. Decided12 Jan

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 70 High Street Great Shelford CB22 5EH. South Cambridgeshire has handled 2,015 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days, 8 days longer than South Cambridgeshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Great Shelford conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 156 applications across Shelford. 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 5EH
Application type
Works to CA trees
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Great Shelford CP
District
South Cambridgeshire District Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 November 2021
Consultation expiry
8 December 2021
Consultation start
17 November 2021
Consultation end
8 December 2021
Last date for comments
8 December 2021
Target decision date
29 December 2021
Permission expires
12 January 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Care for Trees Ltd.
Agent address
3 Woollards Lane Great Shelford Cambridge CB22 5LZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
5
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Great Shelford
  • Listed building: Grade II: 68, High StreetOn or next to this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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.

Source: South Cambridgeshire

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