The Old Smithy 66 High Street Bourn Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB23 2TR
Approved on 9 March 2017
Council decision: Granted Permission
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Proposal
1. Apple - reduce height by approximately 2 metres thinning and raising remaining crown. 3. Willow - cut down coppice stems. Reason - too close to house. 4. Silver Birch - reduce and shape by approximately 3.5 metres nipping back branches affecting roof to give a 1 metre clearance. For general maintenance.
- Received
- 6 February 2017
- ReceivedReceived6 Feb
- ValidatedValidated6 Feb
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date20 Mar
- DecidedDecided9 Mar
Decided in 31 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a tree application at The Old Smithy 66 High Street Bourn Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB23 2TR. 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 the Bourn Village and Hall conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 2,506 applications in total for the CB23 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
- CB23 2TR
- Application type
- Works to CA trees
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Bourn CP
- District
- South Cambridgeshire District Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 6 February 2017
- Target decision date
- 20 March 2017
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 3
- Constraints
- 7
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Bourn
- Tree Preservation Order: TPO 0005 (1973)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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Planning history at this site
8 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202513 Jan
Submission of details required by conditions 3 (external materials), 4 (walls scale of 1:20), 6 (a) (windows…
Discharge Condition in FullDischarge of conditions24/02998/CONDA - 202420 Dec
Installation of an air source heat pump in garden connected to low pressure hot water heating system inside…
ApprovedHouseholder24/04778/HFUL - 202420 Dec
Installation of an air source heat pump in garden connected to low pressure hot water heating system inside…
ApprovedListed building consent24/04779/LBC - 20248 Aug
Demolition of existing side extension and replacement with new, lowering dining room floor, insulation and…
ApprovedListed building consent24/02998/LBC - 20248 Aug
Demolition of existing side extension and replacement with new, lowering dining room floor, insulation and…
ApprovedHouseholder24/02997/HFUL - 202315 Sep
Group of shrubs/trees - Elder, Plum, Euonymous - Fell Silver Birch - Fell
ApprovedWorks to CA trees23/1081/TTCA - 20228 Apr
Demolition of existing extension and erection of replacement single storey side/rear extension
ApprovedHouseholder22/01701/HFUL - 20125 Apr
Alterations- reinstate original floor level in dining room underpin and structural works as required
WithdrawnListed building consentS/0171/12/LB
Source: South Cambridgeshire
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