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58 Hay Street Steeple Morden Cambridgeshire SG8 0PE

24/1326/TTCAWorks to CA treesApproved

Approved on 23 December 2024

Council decision: Have No Objection ToDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1. Willow - Pollard back to historical points. T2. Whitebeam - Reduce the height up to 1.5 metres shape and balance the crown cutting to viable growth. H1. Mixed Hedge - bring the height down to old point around 1.5 metres. Keeping level follow through to the other end behind the garage and face up tightly cutting back from the gutters on the garage. T3. Beech - Reduce in height by 3-4 metres, shape and balance the crown cutting to viable growth. Thin the crown by 20% and remove Epicormic up to the crown brake. T4. Dead Cherry - Fell to ground level.

Received
18 November 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
The Mordens
  1. Received18 Nov
  2. Validated18 Nov
  3. Consult.11 Dec
  4. Target30 Dec
  5. Decided23 Dec

Decided in 35 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 58 Hay Street Steeple Morden Cambridgeshire SG8 0PE. South Cambridgeshire has handled 2,015 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 days, 2 weeks 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 are no previous applications recorded 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
18 November 2024
Last date for comments
11 December 2024
Target decision date
30 December 2024
Permission expires
23 December 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
The Blue Tree Company
Agent address
50 Bunyan Road Hitchin SG5 1NN

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Steeple Morden - St Peter and St Paul
  • 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

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© 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: South Cambridgeshire

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