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41 High Street Great Wilbraham Cambridgeshire CB21 5JD

23/0167/TTCAWorks to CA treesApproved

Approved on 8 March 2023

Council decision: Have No Objection ToDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 Cherry tree - fell too close to building and has branches growing towards roof and very large roots growing under building which is causing damage to foundations. T2 Wild flowering cherry - fell tree is dying and has a lot of dying branches causing tree to be very unattractive and constantly dropping branches. T3 Rowan fell tree is growing directly next to brick wall by site entrance. Location of tree will cause problems in the future as the roots grow under wall foundations. Tree is also growing together with buddleia (T4) causing branches to intertwine and die. Buddleia (T4) to be felled. Same as the Rowan. Tree is growing directly next to brick wall by site entrance. Location of tree will cause problems in the future as the roots grow under wall foundations. Tree is also growing together with Rowan (T3) causing branches to intertwine and die.

Received
10 February 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Fen Ditton & Fulbourn
  1. Received10 Feb
  2. Validated10 Feb
  3. Consult.6 Mar
  4. Target24 Mar
  5. Decided8 Mar

Decided in 26 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 41 High Street Great Wilbraham Cambridgeshire CB21 5JD. South Cambridgeshire has handled 2,015 applications of this type. This one was decided in 26 days, 3 weeks quicker than South Cambridgeshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Great Wilbraham conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 163 applications across Fen Ditton & Fulbourn. We hold 1,476 applications in total for the CB21 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
CB21 5JD
Application type
Works to CA trees
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Great Wilbraham CP
District
South Cambridgeshire District Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 February 2023
Consultation expiry
6 March 2023
Consultation start
13 February 2023
Consultation end
6 March 2023
Last date for comments
6 March 2023
Target decision date
24 March 2023
Permission expires
8 March 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Burch Treework
Agent address
13 Manor Crescent Hardwick Cambridge CB23 7QE

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
15
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Great Wilbraham
  • Listed building: Grade II: Kettles CottageOn or next to this site
  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO 0008 (1968)Protected tree on or next to this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, 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.

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

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© 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.

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Source: South Cambridgeshire

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