9 South End Bassingbourn Cum Kneesworth Cambridgeshire SG8 5NJ
Approved on 7 October 2026
Council decision: Have No Objection ToDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
T1 - Ash (mature multi-stemmed) - Crown reduce by approximately 2-3 metres from the height and lateral spread (approximately 20-25%). pruning all branches back to suitable secondary growth points. Reason - The proposed reduction is requested to increase natural light levels to the rear garden while retaining the tree as an important landscape feature.
- Received
- 20 July 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Bassingbourn
- Agent
- SHIRE TREES LIMITED
- ReceivedReceived20 Jul
- ValidatedValidated23 Jul
- Consult.Consultation18 Aug
- TargetTarget Date3 Sep
- DecidedDecided7 Oct
Decided in 76 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a tree application at 9 South End Bassingbourn Cum Kneesworth Cambridgeshire SG8 5NJ. South Cambridgeshire has handled 2,015 applications of this type. This one was decided in 79 days, 4 weeks longer than South Cambridgeshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Bassingbourn conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 41 applications across Bassingbourn. 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 5NJ
- Application type
- Works to CA trees
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Bassingbourn Cum Kneesworth CP
- District
- South Cambridgeshire District Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 23 July 2026
- Last date for comments
- 18 August 2026
- Target decision date
- 3 September 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- SHIRE TREES LIMITED
- Agent address
- Pickering Farm Church Street Whaddon Royston SG8 5RX Gb
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 8
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Bassingbourn
- Tree Preservation Order: TPO 0038 (2003)Protected tree on or next to this site
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)
flood storage areas, 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.
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Source: South Cambridgeshire
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