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9 Church Street Fen Ditton Cambridgeshire CB5 8SU

23/0595/TTCAWorks to CA treesApproved

Approved on 21 July 2023

Council decision: Have No Objection ToDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 Silver Birch in front garden area ~ Reduce height and laterals by 2.0 metres to provide clearance to telephone lines and rebalance crown from previous poor pruning, prune back to kerb edge roadside to ensure clearance for bus route.

Received
14 June 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Fen Ditton & Fulbourn
Agent
Acacia Tree Surgery Ltd
  1. Received14 Jun
  2. Validated14 Jun
  3. Consult.7 Jul
  4. Target26 Jul
  5. Decided21 Jul

Decided in 37 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 9 Church Street Fen Ditton Cambridgeshire CB5 8SU. South Cambridgeshire has handled 2,015 applications of this type. This one was decided in 37 days, 12 days quicker than South Cambridgeshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Fen Ditton conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 163 applications across Fen Ditton & Fulbourn. We hold 539 applications in total for the CB5 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
CB5 8SU
Application type
Works to CA trees
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Fen Ditton CP
District
South Cambridgeshire District Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 June 2023
Consultation expiry
7 July 2023
Consultation start
16 June 2023
Consultation end
7 July 2023
Last date for comments
7 July 2023
Target decision date
26 July 2023
Permission expires
21 July 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Acacia Tree Surgery Ltd
Agent address
63 Winfold Road Waterbeach CB25 9PR

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
7
Constraints
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Fen Ditton
  • 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

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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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