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42 Church Street Great Wilbraham Cambridgeshire CB21 5JQ

25/0315/TTPOWorks to TPO treesApproved

Approved on 20 May 2025

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 - Yew - Reduce by 2m and rebalance to allow light into house, stunt root growth under old cottage and alleviate the access of squirrels onto thatch.

Received
26 March 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Fen Ditton & Fulbourn
Agent
M G Tree Surgery Ltd.
  1. Received26 Mar
  2. Validated26 Mar
  3. Consult.17 Apr
  4. Target21 May
  5. Decided20 May

Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 42 Church Street Great Wilbraham Cambridgeshire CB21 5JQ. South Cambridgeshire has handled 2,015 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 6 days longer than South Cambridgeshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Great Wilbraham conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 163 applications across Fen Ditton & Fulbourn. We hold 1,477 applications in total for the CB21 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
CB21 5JQ
Application type
Works to TPO trees
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Great Wilbraham CP
District
South Cambridgeshire District Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 March 2025
Last date for comments
17 April 2025
Target decision date
21 May 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
M G Tree Surgery Ltd.
Agent address
9 Macfarlane Close Impington Cambridge CB24 9LZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Great Wilbraham
  • Listed building: Grade II: Yew Tree CottageOn this site · +1 more
  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO 0008 (1968)Protected tree on or next to this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, 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.

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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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Planning history at this site

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2024
    18 Mar

    T1 - Beech. Reduce by 2m back into shape and previous reduction points. T2 - Beech. Reduce by 2m back into…

    ApprovedWorks to CA trees24/0336/TTCA
  2. 2019
    19 Jun

    TPO 0008 (1968) T14: Yew (T1) - Reduce crown by 2ft all round as the tree is encroaching on the thatched roof…

    ApprovedWorks to TPO treesS/2171/19/TP
  3. 2017
    25 Apr

    T1 - Birch: Fell to allow more light into the central garden area T2 - Apple (ivy covered): Reduce in height…

    ApprovedWorks to TPO treesS/1439/17/TP
  4. 2016
    15 Nov

    T1 - Silver birch: Crown reduction by 25%

    ApprovedWorks to CA treesS/3148/16/TC
  5. 2015
    6 Jul

    T1 & T2 - Silver birch: crown reduction by up to 20%. T3 & T4 - Beech: crown reduction by up to 20%.

    PendingWorks to TPO treesS/2070/15/TC

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