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Holy Trinity Church Church Lane Balsham Cambridgeshire CB21 4DS

26/0213/TTCAWorks to CA treesApproved

Approved on 25 March 2026

Council decision: Have No Objection ToDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Ash Tree - Fell and base ground out. Reason - dying decayed ash tree stump (height 7ft, girth 5ft) 3 ft from public footpath through churchyard - It is intended to be replaced by a mountain ash (rowan) tree sapling.

Received
25 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Balsham
  1. Received25 Feb
  2. Validated25 Feb
  3. Consult.24 Mar
  4. Target8 Apr
  5. Decided25 Mar

Decided in 28 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Holy Trinity Church Church Lane Balsham Cambridgeshire CB21 4DS. South Cambridgeshire has handled 2,015 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 3 weeks quicker than South Cambridgeshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Balsham Village conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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 4DS
Application type
Works to CA trees
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Balsham CP
District
South Cambridgeshire District Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 February 2026
Last date for comments
24 March 2026
Target decision date
8 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Holy Trinity Church, Balsham
Agent address
4 Church Lane Balsham CB21 4DS

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
6

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 - Village Centre
  • 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

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.

Source: South Cambridgeshire

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