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7 Elms Avenue Great Shelford Cambridgeshire CB22 5LN

24/0370/TTCAWorks to CA treesApproved

Approved on 10 May 2024

Council decision: Have No Objection ToDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

T1 Beech - Reduce height by approximately 5-6m down to level of previously cut branches in centre of crown. Reduce spread on all sides by 2 - 2.5m to shape round T2 Thuja Hedge - Reduce height by up to 2m to leave level. Trim by approximately 0.5m on garden side T3 Yew - Reduce height by approximately 2m. Reduce spread on all sides by 2 - 2.5m to shape round

Received
28 March 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Shelford
  1. Received28 Mar
  2. Validated28 Mar
  3. Consult.25 Apr
  4. Target9 May
  5. Decided10 May

Decided in 43 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 7 Elms Avenue Great Shelford Cambridgeshire CB22 5LN. South Cambridgeshire has handled 2,015 applications of this type. This one was decided in 43 days, 6 days quicker 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 5LN
Application type
Works to CA trees
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Great Shelford CP
District
South Cambridgeshire District Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 March 2024
Last date for comments
25 April 2024
Target decision date
9 May 2024
Permission expires
10 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Eastern Tree Surgery
Agent address
7 Heath Road Swaffham Prior Swaffham Prior Cambridge CB25 0LA

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
7
Constraints
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Great Shelford
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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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