5 Mill Lane Sawston Cambridgeshire CB22 3HY
Approved on 9 October 2024
Council decision: Have No Objection ToDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
x2 Beech trees - cut down to stumps 30cm from ground level. Also seeking permission to plant three small silver birch trees.
- Received
- 28 August 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Sawston
- ReceivedReceived28 Aug
- ValidatedValidated28 Aug
- Consult.Consultation25 Sep
- TargetTarget Date9 Oct
- DecidedDecided9 Oct
Decided in 42 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a tree application at 5 Mill Lane Sawston Cambridgeshire CB22 3HY. South Cambridgeshire has handled 2,015 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 7 days quicker than South Cambridgeshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Sawston conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 75 applications across Sawston. 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 3HY
- Application type
- Works to CA trees
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Sawston CP
- District
- South Cambridgeshire District Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 28 August 2024
- Last date for comments
- 25 September 2024
- Target decision date
- 9 October 2024
- Permission expires
- 9 October 2026
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Adrian Sargeant
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 4
- Constraints
- 10
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Sawston
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)
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, 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
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202630 Mar
Magnolia tree - request to remove
ApprovedWorks to CA trees26/0324/TTCA - 202423 Jul
Proposed work: Reduce tree down to 2 metres from ground level. Tree species is unknown.
ApprovedWorks to CA trees24/0788/TTCA - 202415 Jan
T1 (a) Beech Tree Crown reduce by 2 metres T2 (b) Beech Tree Crown reduce by 2 metres T3 (c) Magnolia Crown…
ApprovedWorks to CA trees24/0077/TTCA
Source: South Cambridgeshire
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