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27 The Lawns Melbourn Cambridgeshire SG8 6BA

24/1058/TTPOWorks to TPO treesRefused

Refused on 13 November 2024

Council decision: Refused PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 - The wide 5 stem 45-feet-tall (approx.) Lime (Tilia Tormentosa) tree to undergo a crown reduction and thinning by around 30% (13.5 feet) to reduce it's dominance in this area. Through pruning, dead wooding, thinning and overall reduction the crown will be opened up to leave the tree healthy and balanced with a long-lasting shape fit for the habitat. The work will also create more light into the garden to allow other planting to thrive.

Received
24 September 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Melbourn
  1. Received24 Sep
  2. Validated24 Sep
  3. Consult.21 Oct
  4. Target19 Nov
  5. Decided13 Nov

Decided in 50 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 27 The Lawns Melbourn Cambridgeshire SG8 6BA. South Cambridgeshire has handled 2,015 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 93 applications across Melbourn. 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 6BA
Application type
Works to TPO trees
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Melbourn CP
District
South Cambridgeshire District Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 September 2024
Last date for comments
21 October 2024
Target decision date
19 November 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
The Arborist
Agent address
C/o Absolute Accountants 10 Park Street Hatfield Hertfordshire AL9 5AX

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO 0016 (1972)Covers the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

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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