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40 High Street Little Shelford Cambridgeshire CB22 5ES

26/0352/TTCAWorks to CA treesApproved

Approved on 15 May 2026

Council decision: Have No Objection ToDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1- Horse Chestnut - Reduce crown by up to 2 metres , to give clearance from the house and allow light into the garden. T2- Beech - Reduce crown by up to 2 metres to give clearance from the house and allow light into the garden. T3 - Beech - Reduce crown by up to 2 metres to allow more light into the garden. T4 - Ash - Crown reduction by up to 2 metres to suitable growth points, reducing end weight throughout the canopy. Works are proposed to alleviate tension on the existing brace and minimise the risk of structural failure, whilst retaining the tree's natural form and amenity value.

Received
7 April 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Shelford
  1. Received7 Apr
  2. Validated7 Apr
  3. Consult.30 Apr
  4. Target19 May
  5. Decided15 May

Decided in 38 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 40 High Street Little Shelford Cambridgeshire CB22 5ES. South Cambridgeshire has handled 2,015 applications of this type. This one was decided in 38 days, 11 days quicker than South Cambridgeshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Little Shelford conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 156 applications across Shelford. We hold 1,974 applications in total for the CB22 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
CB22 5ES
Application type
Works to CA trees
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Little Shelford CP
District
South Cambridgeshire District Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 April 2026
Last date for comments
30 April 2026
Target decision date
19 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Anderson tree surgery
Agent address
9 The Triangle Fowlmere Cambridge SG8 7RQ

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: Little ShelfordPart of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: 67, High StreetOn or next to this site
  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO/09/2026Protected tree on or next to this site
  • Green belt: South CambridgeshirePart of the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, 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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