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1 Orchard Close Balsham Cambridgeshire CB21 4EW

25/1035/TTPOWorks to TPO treesDecided

Decided on 17 November 2025

Council decision: Split decisionDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

T1 - Ash - Work Required: Fell to ground level Reason: The tree has multiple failed branches and a significantly hollow, decayed trunk. Due to its structural instability, it poses a serious risk to both the adjacent property and the nearby road. Removal is necessary on safety grounds.

Received
24 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Balsham
Agent
Shire tree limited
  1. Received24 Sep
  2. Validated24 Sep
  3. Consult.22 Oct
  4. Target19 Nov
  5. Decided17 Nov

Decided in 54 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 1 Orchard Close Balsham Cambridgeshire CB21 4EW. South Cambridgeshire has handled 2,015 applications of this type. The site is in the Balsham West End conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 58 applications across Balsham. 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 4EW
Application type
Works to TPO trees
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Balsham CP
District
South Cambridgeshire District Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 September 2025
Last date for comments
22 October 2025
Target decision date
19 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Shire tree limited
Agent address
1a Trigg Way Melbourn Royston SG8 6HX

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Balsham - West End
  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO 0006 (1966)
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    24 Sep

    T1 - Ash - Work Required: Fell to ground level Reason: The tree has multiple failed branches and a…

    This applicationSplit decisionTrees25/1035/TTPO
  2. 2025
    24 Sep

    T2 - Ash, clear light column by 1.5m only. T3 - Ash , new pollard point at 12m from ground level,

    Split decisionWorks to TPO treesFiled alongside25/1037/TTPO

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