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23 Courtyards Little Shelford Cambridgeshire CB22 5ER

23/0398/TTPOWorks to TPO treesRefused

Refused on 25 July 2023

Council decision: Refused PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Mature Sycamore - fell this tree has recently lost 50% of its upper canopy due to wind throw causing one of the codominant upright stems to breakaway at the first main union, a height of three metres from ground level, (please see attached photos). 2 x semi mature trees are also failing, Fell one has fallen onto another Sycamore tree which is helping to prop this one up, thus causing load bearing. The second Sycamore tree is failing, the bark has altered, discolouring of the bark (sooty bark disease), bleeding canker, blistering bark and virtical fractures. Both these trees are in falling distance of no.23 which is 18 metres away from the main stems.

Received
19 April 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Shelford
  1. Received19 Apr
  2. Validated19 Apr
  3. Consult.18 May
  4. Target14 Jun
  5. Decided25 Jul

Decided in 97 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 23 Courtyards Little Shelford Cambridgeshire CB22 5ER. South Cambridgeshire has handled 2,015 applications of this type. This one was decided in 97 days, 7 weeks longer than South Cambridgeshire's typical decision time. There have been 2 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 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
25 April 2023
Consultation end
18 May 2023
Neighbour consultation end
11 May 2023
Last date for comments
18 May 2023
Target decision date
14 June 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
thedesignbranch
Agent address
16 Church Lane Madingley CB238AF

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
22
Constraints
10

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2023
    19 Apr

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  2. 2023
    19 Apr

    Oak tree - This tree is heavily leaning towards no.23, the owners of no.23 are concerned that the Oak tree…

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