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38 Hay Street Steeple Morden Cambridgeshire SG8 0PE

24/0595/TTCAWorks to CA treesApproved

Approved on 11 July 2024

Council decision: Have No Objection ToDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

T1: Holly - Request a 2.5m crown reduction in height and a 1m reduction of sides. This tree has significantly thinner foliage and dieback in the upper crown. Sever Ivy at base.

Received
5 June 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
The Mordens
Agent
Shelford Tree Service Ltd
  1. Received5 Jun
  2. Validated5 Jun
  3. Consult.28 Jun
  4. Target17 Jul
  5. Decided11 Jul

Decided in 36 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 38 Hay Street Steeple Morden Cambridgeshire SG8 0PE. South Cambridgeshire has handled 2,015 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days, 13 days quicker than South Cambridgeshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Steeple Morden St Peter and St Paul's conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 70 applications across The Mordens. We hold 2,703 applications in total for the SG8 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
SG8 0PE
Application type
Works to CA trees
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Steeple Morden CP
District
South Cambridgeshire District Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 June 2024
Last date for comments
28 June 2024
Target decision date
17 July 2024
Permission expires
11 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Shelford Tree Service Ltd
Agent address
Rectors Cottage High Street Fowlmere Royston SG8 7SJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
6
Constraints
7

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: Steeple Morden - St Peter and St Paul
  • Listed building: Grade II: Victoria HouseOn or next to this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, 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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