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42 High Street Little Shelford Cambridgeshire CB22 5ES

26/0774/TTCAWorks to CA treesApproved

Approved on 27 August 2026

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Lime tree - Reduce the height of the tress by approximately 8 to 9m and then to initiate pollard at approximately 8m high, reduce spread by 2 to 3m to shape round.

Received
27 July 2026
Ward
Shelford
  1. Received27 Jul
  2. Validated27 Jul
  3. Consult.18 Aug
  4. Target7 Sep
  5. Decided27 Aug

Decided in 31 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 42 High Street Little Shelford Cambridgeshire CB22 5ES. South Cambridgeshire has handled 2,015 applications of this type. This one was decided in 31 days, 3 weeks quicker than South Cambridgeshire's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application 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
27 July 2026
Last date for comments
18 August 2026
Target decision date
7 September 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Little ShelfordNext to the site
  • Green belt: South Cambridgeshire
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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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