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12 Woodlands Road Great Shelford Cambridgeshire CB22 5LW

23/1536/TTCAWorks to CA treesApproved

Approved on 26 February 2024

Council decision: Have No Objection ToDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 - T6 six Hornbeams in No. 12 Woodlands Road on the boundary with No. 14 Woodlands Road: Reduce height by 4 - 5 m to leave a finished height of 15m and reduce back lateral branches by 2 to 2.5ms.

Received
14 December 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Shelford
Agent
Acacia Tree Surgery Ltd
  1. Received14 Dec
  2. Validated23 Jan
  3. Consult.13 Feb
  4. Target5 Mar
  5. Decided26 Feb

Decided in 34 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 12 Woodlands Road Great Shelford Cambridgeshire CB22 5LW. South Cambridgeshire has handled 2,015 applications of this type. This one was decided in 74 days, 4 weeks longer than South Cambridgeshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Great Shelford conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded 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 5LW
Application type
Works to CA trees
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Great Shelford CP
District
South Cambridgeshire District Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 January 2024
Last date for comments
13 February 2024
Target decision date
5 March 2024
Permission expires
26 February 2026

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
8
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Great Shelford
  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO 0008 (2002)Part of the site · +1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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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