21 High Street Great Shelford Cambridgeshire CB22 5EH

23/1136/TTCAWorks to CA treesApproved

Approved on 20 October 2023

Council decision: Have No Objection ToDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Eucalyptus (T1) - Reduce height to 1.5m above ground level. Crown appears to be dead and overhangs a public footpath, 2 fences, and neighbour's garden. Plum (T2) - Crown reduction to uniform spread of 7m to tidy up & encourage more vigorous growth.

Received: 27 September 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: South Cambridgeshire District Council
Ward: Shelford

ReceivedReceived27 Sep
ValidatedValidated27 Sep
Consult.Consultation19 Oct
TargetTarget Date8 Nov
DecidedDecided20 Oct

Decided in 23 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 21 High Street Great Shelford Cambridgeshire CB22 5EH. South Cambridgeshire has handled 2,015 applications of this type. This one was decided in 23 days, 4 weeks quicker than South Cambridgeshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Great Shelford conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 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 5EH
Application type: Works to CA trees
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Great Shelford CP
District: South Cambridgeshire District Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 27 September 2023
Consultation expiry: 19 October 2023
Consultation start: 28 September 2023
Consultation end: 19 October 2023
Last date for comments: 19 October 2023
Target decision date: 8 November 2023
Permission expires: 20 October 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period: 42 days

Additional information

Documents: 8
Constraints: 9

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Great Shelford
Listed building: Grade II: 48, High StreetOn or next to this site
Tree Preservation Order: TPO 0006 (1967)Next to the site
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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Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: South Cambridgeshire

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