11 Spinney Drive Great Shelford Cambridgeshire CB22 5LY

22/0907/TTPOWorks to TPO treesApproved

Approved on 17 October 2022

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Prune Field Maple ID#1 Reduce low branches to 5.5m all around, on the road side give statutory clearance and open drive. Prune Yew ID#2 Reduce lateral growth over drive and towards house by 2m to open drive an reduce light shading to property. Raise lower crown to 5.2m over drive. Remove Laurel Group ID#3 Dismantle large group at front of house to enhance space and allow for management of property and allow for new planting scheme. Prune Norway Maple ID#4 Reduce lateral crown growth to allow for development of more desirable tree (purple maple) and reduce impact on property and road. Reduce lower half crown by 2-3m to secondary growth points and upper half by 1-1.5m reducing to secondary growth points.

Received: 16 August 2022
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: South Cambridgeshire District Council
Ward: Shelford

ReceivedReceived16 Aug
ValidatedValidated16 Aug
Consult.Consultation14 Sep
TargetTarget Date11 Oct
DecidedDecided17 Oct

Decided in 62 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 11 Spinney Drive Great Shelford Cambridgeshire CB22 5LY. South Cambridgeshire has handled 2,015 applications of this type. This one was decided in 62 days, 13 days longer than South Cambridgeshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Great Shelford conservation area. There have been 5 other applications 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 5LY
Application type: Works to TPO trees
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Great Shelford CP
District: South Cambridgeshire District Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 16 August 2022
Consultation expiry: 14 September 2022
Consultation start: 23 August 2022
Consultation end: 14 September 2022
Last date for comments: 14 September 2022
Target decision date: 11 October 2022
Permission expires: 17 October 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent: Bartlett Tree Experts
Agent address: Oak Farm Bedford Road Northill SG18 9AW

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Documents: 7
Constraints: 8

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Great Shelford
Tree Preservation Order: TPO 0008 (2002)Part of the site
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage 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.

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5 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: South Cambridgeshire

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