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Peacocks Great Shelford Cambridgeshire

25/0648/TTCAWorks to CA treesDecided

Decided on 22 August 2025

Council decision: Non-DeterminationDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T3 - Holly - Following recent pruning by a resident the shape of the topiary has been compromised - pruning to improve shape - minor prune of approximately 0.3m to top of crown to improve shape. T12 - Lime - Reduce by 3m to leave a 3m bolling removing re-growth and decayed stem. T20 -Cherry - Crown reduce by 1.5m to clear pavements and reduce photosynthesis and material to reduce vigour to root growth.

Received
1 July 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Shelford
Agent
Eastern Tree Surgery Ltd
  1. Received1 Jul
  2. Validated10 Jul
  3. Consult.20 Aug
  4. Target21 Aug
  5. Decided22 Aug

Decided in 43 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Peacocks Great Shelford Cambridgeshire. South Cambridgeshire has handled 2,015 applications of this type. The site is in the Great Shelford conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 156 applications across Shelford.

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

Application type
Works to CA trees
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Great Shelford CP
District
South Cambridgeshire District Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 July 2025
Last date for comments
20 August 2025
Target decision date
21 August 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Eastern Tree Surgery Ltd
Agent address
7 Heath Road Swaffham Prior Swaffham Prior Cambridge CB25 0LA

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Great Shelford
  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO 0028 (2002)Protected tree on or next to this site
  • Green belt: South CambridgeshirePart of the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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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