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6 Mortlock Street Melbourn Cambridgeshire SG8 6DB

26/0256/TTCAWorks to CA treesAwaiting decision
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Proposal

T1: Leyland Cypress - Reduce the height by 6 metres and trim the lateral growth by 5cm to allow more light to the front of the property and provide clearance from the highway by crown raising 5.5m from floor level T2: Sycamore - Remove three lower branches to achieve a crown lift to 5 metres, allowing more light to the rear garden and providing clearance from the roof

Received
11 March 2026
Decision due
22 April 2026
Ward
Melbourn
Agent
SHIRE TREES LIMITED
  1. Received11 Mar
  2. Validated11 Mar
  3. Consult.1 Apr
  4. Target22 Apr
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 1 April.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (9)

About this application

This is a tree application at 6 Mortlock Street Melbourn Cambridgeshire SG8 6DB. South Cambridgeshire has handled 2,015 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 11 March 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. 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 6DB
Application type
Works to CA trees
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Melbourn CP
District
South Cambridgeshire District Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 March 2026
Last date for comments
1 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
SHIRE TREES LIMITED
Agent address
Pickering Farm Church Street Whaddon Royston SG8 5RX

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Melbourn
  • Listed building: Grade II: MelcamOn or next to this 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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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