St Marys Church Church Lane Sawston Cambridgeshire CB22 3JR
Proposal
T1 Fallen Yew - clear and reduce the other half still standing by 3m in height T2 English Yew - reduce by 4m T3 Cypress - crown-raise by 2m and trim up to 4m on all sides T4 Irish Yew - reduce by 2m G1 6 Irish Yews - reduce by 2-3m
- Received
- 2 August 2023
- Decided
- 1 September 2023 · Have No Objection To
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Sawston
- ReceivedReceived2 Aug
- ValidatedValidated2 Aug
- Consult.Consultation25 Aug
- TargetTarget Date13 Sep
- DecidedDecided1 Sep
Decided in 30 days (council typically 49)
This is a tree application at St Marys Church Church Lane Sawston Cambridgeshire CB22 3JR. 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 30 days, 8 days quicker than South Cambridgeshire's median. The site is in the Sawston conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 84 applications across Sawston. We hold 1,950 applications in total for the CB22 postcode area.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202610 Apr
Tree 197 (Blue Atlas Cedar) - Remove limb with loose dead bark on upper side that is in the northwest side of…
ApprovedWorks to CA trees26/0378/TTCA - 202224 Oct
T1 Yew - cut back by 3m on the tower side in order to clear space for future work planned on the tower in…
ApprovedWorks to CA trees22/1230/TTCA
Planning constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Sawston
- Listed building: Grade II: Chest Tomb Beside East Churchyard Boundary Wall and to the East of the Parish Church of S…On or next to this site
- Green belt: South Cambridgeshire
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (20)
flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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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