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56 Woollards Lane Great Shelford Cambridgeshire CB22 5LZ

23/0566/TTCAWorks to CA treesAwaiting decision

Proposal

1) Cherry - Overhanging road. Included bark between regrowth from very heavy historic pruning at 4m.Proposed work - reduce height by about 3m. Reduce remainder of canopy by about 2m. Lift crown over road to just above the phone wires ie 5mThis reduction in canopy size will reduce the wind loading on the weak unions that the stems have with the main trunk.

Received
9 June 2023
Decision due
21 July 2023
Ward
Shelford
Agent
Care for Trees Ltd.
  1. Received9 Jun
  2. Validated9 Jun
  3. Consult.3 Jul
  4. Target21 Jul
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a tree application at 56 Woollards Lane Great Shelford Cambridgeshire CB22 5LZ. South Cambridgeshire has handled 2,015 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 9 June 2023 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Great Shelford conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 156 applications across Shelford. We hold 1,974 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 5LZ
Application type
Works to CA trees
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Great Shelford CP
District
South Cambridgeshire District Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 June 2023
Consultation expiry
3 July 2023
Consultation start
12 June 2023
Consultation end
3 July 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Care for Trees Ltd.
Agent address
3 Woollards Lane Great Shelford Cambridge CB22 5LZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
7
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Great Shelford
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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.

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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