Sawston Hall Church Lane Sawston Cambridgeshire CB22 3JR
Proposal
T1 Lime - reduce to height of 12 - 15 metres (currently 30 metres in height) T2 Lime reduce to height of 12 - 15 metres (currently 30 metres in height) T3 London Plain Remove overhanging branches - approx 4 metres in length T4 Horse Chestnut Remove overhanging branches - approx 4 metres in length T5 London Plain - Remove ovehanging branches -approx 4 metres in length T6 London Plan Remove ovehanging branches - approx 4 metres in length T7 Sycamore Remove overhanging branches - approx 4 metres in length T8 Horse Chestnut - Crown reduce by 4 meters as over hanging church yard and in very close proximity to the church. to leave the tree approx 20 metres in height and a spread of around 12 metres. T 9 Sycamore - nearest High Street - dead - Fell T10 Sycamore over hanging a listed building - Fell
- Received
- 30 November 2022
- Decided
- 9 February 2023 · Refused Permission
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Sawston
- ReceivedReceived30 Nov
- ValidatedValidated8 Dec
- Consult.Consultation3 Jan
- TargetTarget Date2 Feb
- DecidedDecided9 Feb
Decided in 63 days (council typically 49)
This is a tree application at Sawston Hall Church Lane Sawston Cambridgeshire 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 71 days, 5 weeks longer than South Cambridgeshire's median. The site is in the Sawston conservation area, with 10 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 84 applications across Sawston. We hold 1,943 applications in total for the CB22 postcode area.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Planning constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Sawston
- Tree Preservation Order: TPO 0008 (1967)
- Green belt: South Cambridgeshire
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (19)
flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, 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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