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Thriplow Cofe Va Primary School School Lane Thriplow Cambridgeshire SG8 7RH

25/0919/TTCAWorks to CA treesApproved

Approved on 10 October 2025

Council decision: Have No Objection ToDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T270 ASH x 17ms high - Reduce long subsiding lower limb overhanging School Lane by 3ms to leave limb 6ms long to alleviate end weight, raise remaining crown to 3ms over school side, T271 NORWAY MAPLE x 8ms high - Prune to clear overhead power lines by 1m, T279 ALDER x 10ms high - Reduce subsiding front limb over play area by 2.5ms to alleviate end weight, leaving limb 3.5ms long, T287 ASH x 19ms high - Reduce subsiding limb to rear by 4ms to alleviate end weight, leaving limb 8ms long, T289 ASH x 20ms high - Reduce subsiding limb over playing field by 4ms back to suitable growth points, leaving limb at approx. 8ms to alleviate end weight, reduce 4 over extended limbs over neighbouring garden by 2.5ms to alleviate end weight and rebalance crown, leaving these 4 limbs at approx. 7ms, T293 OAK x 10ms high - Prune to clear overhead power lines by 1m,

Received
4 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Whittlesford
Agent
Acacia Tree Surgery Ltd
  1. Received4 Sep
  2. Validated4 Sep
  3. Consult.1 Oct
  4. Target16 Oct
  5. Decided10 Oct

Decided in 36 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Thriplow Cofe Va Primary School School Lane Thriplow Cambridgeshire SG8 7RH. South Cambridgeshire has handled 2,015 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days, 13 days quicker than South Cambridgeshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Thriplow conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 63 applications across Whittlesford. 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 7RH
Application type
Works to CA trees
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Thriplow And Heathfield CP
District
South Cambridgeshire District Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 September 2025
Last date for comments
1 October 2025
Target decision date
16 October 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Acacia Tree Surgery Ltd
Agent address
63 Winfold Road Waterbeach CB25 9PR

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Thriplow
  • 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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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Source: South Cambridgeshire

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