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25 Woodlands Road Great Shelford Cambridgeshire CB22 5LW

23/1484/TTCAWorks to CA treesApproved

Approved on 29 January 2024

Council decision: Have No Objection ToDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

1. Remove Birch that has died (marked in yellow on property plan and Picture1) 2. Remove dead branch from Pine (marked in light orange on property plan and Picture1) 3. Remove small dead Pine (marked in dark orange on property plan and Picture2) 4. Remove tall Pine that has died (marked in red on property plan and Picture2) 5. Remove dead Twisted Hazel (marked in purple on property plan and Picture3) 6. Pollard Willow (marked in pink on property plan and Picture4) This tree has broken branches and is showing signs of die back. By pollarding we will remove the dead/diseased branches and make it safe, improve its shape when it regrows and improve views to the river. 7. Large Willow fell (marked in light blue on property plan and Picture5) 8. Leaning Ash suffering from die back to be felled (marked in light green on property plan and Picture5) - 9. Remove Alder that has died (marked in white on property plan and Picture6) 10. Remove two Willows (marked in black on property plan and Picture7) The trees contain a lot of dead within them and may be dying. They block a lot of light to the beds. 11. Remove dead Conifer (marked in blue on property plan and Picture8) 12. Remove dead Pine (marked in dark pink on property plan and Picture8)

Received
1 December 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Shelford
Agent
Zion Landscapes Ltd
  1. Received1 Dec
  2. Validated1 Dec
  3. Consult.4 Jan
  4. Target12 Jan
  5. Decided29 Jan

Decided in 59 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 25 Woodlands Road Great Shelford Cambridgeshire CB22 5LW. South Cambridgeshire has handled 2,015 applications of this type. This one was decided in 59 days, 10 days longer than South Cambridgeshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Great Shelford conservation area. There has been 1 other application 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 5LW
Application type
Works to CA trees
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Great Shelford CP
District
South Cambridgeshire District Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 December 2023
Consultation expiry
4 January 2024
Consultation start
11 December 2023
Consultation end
4 January 2024
Last date for comments
4 January 2024
Target decision date
12 January 2024
Permission expires
29 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Zion Landscapes Ltd
Agent address
Zion Landscapes Freedom Court Burwell CB25 0AP

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
15
Constraints
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Great Shelford
  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO 0032 (2002)Part of the site · +1 more
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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.

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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© 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.

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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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