St Marys Church Church Street Great Shelford Cambridgeshire
Approved on 22 October 2026
Council decision: Have No Objection ToDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
T1 Mature Beech tree - the works are all below ground and the intention is to hand dig for all of the drainage works so as to navigate and retain the larger roots. Small roots of up to 40mm diameter may be hand pruned if necessary. The soakaway shall be located outside the root protection area which is some 14.4m away from the tree, being 12 x 1.2m (1.2m being the diameter of the tree). If necessary the soakaway, and proposed catchpit, shall be located further away from large tree roots.
- Received
- 16 September 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Shelford
- Agent
- ASHLEY COURTNEY RIBA AABC LIMITED
- ReceivedReceived16 Sep
- ValidatedValidated16 Sep
- Consult.Consultation7 Oct
- TargetTarget Date28 Oct
- DecidedDecided22 Oct
Decided in 36 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a tree application at St Marys Church Church Street Great Shelford Cambridgeshire. South Cambridgeshire has handled 2,015 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days, 13 days quicker than South Cambridgeshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Great Shelford conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 156 applications across Shelford.
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
- Application type
- Works to CA trees
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Great Shelford CP
- District
- South Cambridgeshire District Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 16 September 2026
- Last date for comments
- 7 October 2026
- Target decision date
- 28 October 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- ASHLEY COURTNEY RIBA AABC LIMITED
- Architect profile
- ASHLEY COURTNEY RIBA AABC LIMITED
- Agent address
- 36 ROSEFORD ROAD CAMBRIDGE CB4 2HD
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 14
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Great Shelford
- 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.
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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.
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Source: South Cambridgeshire
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