4 Lordship Drive Melbourn Cambridgeshire SG8 6EG
Approved on 30 October 2025
Council decision: Have No Objection ToDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
T1: Rowan - Crown Reduction - Reducing the height and spread of the tree by up to 1 metre sympathetically to re balance the crown of the tree to allow more light into garden T2: Lime (neighbours tree) - Reduce overhanging branches by up to 3 metres to prevent debris in garden and allow more light
- Received
- 18 July 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Melbourn
- Agent
- Shire Trees Ltd
- ReceivedReceived18 Jul
- ValidatedValidated18 Jul
- Consult.Consultation13 Aug
- TargetTarget Date29 Aug
- DecidedDecided30 Oct
Decided in 104 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a tree application at 4 Lordship Drive Melbourn Cambridgeshire SG8 6EG. South Cambridgeshire has handled 2,015 applications of this type. This one was decided in 104 days, 8 weeks longer than South Cambridgeshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Melbourn conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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 6EG
- Application type
- Works to CA trees
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Melbourn CP
- District
- South Cambridgeshire District Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 18 July 2025
- Last date for comments
- 13 August 2025
- Target decision date
- 29 August 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Shire Trees Ltd
- Agent address
- 1A Trigg Way Melbourn Royston SG8 6HX
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 7
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: MelbournPart of the site
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)
flood storage areas, 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.
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Source: South Cambridgeshire
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