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20 Courtyards Little Shelford Cambridgeshire CB22 5ER

23/0397/TTPOWorks to TPO treesApproved

Approved on 7 June 2023

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

FIVE DAY NOTICE - A single mature Syacmore tree that stands approximately 23-24metres high on the outer edge of a wooded area overlooking the Courtyards. This tree is unsafe and at risk wind thrown which will cause structural damages to the neighbouring property of no.20 as well as risk to life. The tree is failing due to the loss of the internal heartwood in the main stem at ground level and to a height of aproximatley 2.5metres. Dismantle/remove the tree in its entirety leaving the stump at ground level. No.20 is within the falling height of the tree at 18 metres. The rear garden fence is one metre away from the main stem.

Received
19 April 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Shelford
  1. Received19 Apr
  2. Validated19 Apr
  3. Consult.18 May
  4. Target24 Apr
  5. Decided7 Jun

Decided in 49 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 20 Courtyards Little Shelford Cambridgeshire CB22 5ER. South Cambridgeshire has handled 2,015 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days. 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 5ER
Application type
Works to TPO trees
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Little Shelford CP
District
South Cambridgeshire District Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 April 2023
Consultation expiry
18 May 2023
Consultation start
28 April 2023
Consultation end
18 May 2023
Neighbour consultation end
11 May 2023
Last date for comments
18 May 2023
Target decision date
24 April 2023
Permission expires
7 June 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
thedesignbranch
Agent address
16 Church Lane Madingley CB238AF

Planning decision

Statutory period
5 days

Additional information

Documents
16
Constraints
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)
  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO 0005 (1960)
  • Green belt: South Cambridgeshire
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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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