131 Alms Hill Bourn Cambridgeshire CB23 2SZ
Proposal
T1 WALNUT x 22ms with severe decay in base (see photo 2) ~ reduce height by 6ms and shorten laterals by 3ms to alleviate crown weight on weakened trunk and basal area and lessen wind resistance to prominent upper crown section.
- Received
- 13 July 2023
- Decided
- 5 September 2023 · Granted Permission
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Caldecote
- ReceivedReceived13 Jul
- ValidatedValidated13 Jul
- Consult.Consultation10 Aug
- TargetTarget Date7 Sep
- DecidedDecided5 Sep
Decided in 54 days (council typically 49)
This is a tree application at 131 Alms Hill Bourn Cambridgeshire CB23 2SZ. South Cambridgeshire has handled 2,015 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 38 days. This one was decided in 54 days, 2 weeks longer than South Cambridgeshire's median. The site is in the Bourn Village and Hall conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 103 applications across Caldecote. We hold 2,472 applications in total for the CB23 postcode area.
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Planning constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Bourn
- Tree Preservation Order: TPO 0003 (1973)
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)
flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, 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.
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