Melbourn Village College The Moor Melbourn Cambridgeshire SG8 6EF
Approved on 31 May 2023
Council decision: Have No Objection ToDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
T.1 Beech - Crown reduce height of the tree by 10M to allow more light to the rear garden of 1 Brooksbank. (create new pollard at approx 50%) H.1 - Beech - Reduce height back to previous - Approx. 5M from ground level (new regrowth is approx. 2M) to allow more light to the rear garden of 1 Brooksbank.
- Received
- 18 April 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Melbourn
- Agent
- Shire tree limited
- ReceivedReceived18 Apr
- ValidatedValidated18 Apr
- Consult.Consultation12 May
- TargetTarget Date30 May
- DecidedDecided31 May
Decided in 43 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a tree application at Melbourn Village College The Moor Melbourn Cambridgeshire SG8 6EF. South Cambridgeshire has handled 2,015 applications of this type. This one was decided in 43 days, 6 days quicker than South Cambridgeshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Melbourn conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 93 applications across Melbourn. 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 6EF
- Application type
- Works to CA trees
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Melbourn CP
- District
- South Cambridgeshire District Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 18 April 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 12 May 2023
- Consultation start
- 19 April 2023
- Consultation end
- 12 May 2023
- Last date for comments
- 12 May 2023
- Target decision date
- 30 May 2023
- Permission expires
- 31 May 2025
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
- 8
- Constraints
- 7
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Conservation area: MelbournPart of the site
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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Source: South Cambridgeshire
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