Yew Tree Cottage 42 Church Street Great Wilbraham Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB21 5JQ
Approved on 23 July 2019
Council decision: Granted Permission
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Proposal
TPO 0008 (1968) T14: Yew (T1) - Reduce crown by 2ft all round as the tree is encroaching on the thatched roof and blocking light into the house.
- Received
- 19 June 2019
- Ward
- Fen Ditton & Fulbourn
- ReceivedReceived19 Jun
- ValidatedValidated24 Jun
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date19 Aug
- DecidedDecided23 Jul
Decided in 29 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a tree application at Yew Tree Cottage 42 Church Street Great Wilbraham Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB21 5JQ. South Cambridgeshire has handled 2,015 applications of this type. This one was decided in 34 days, 2 weeks quicker than South Cambridgeshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Great Wilbraham conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 163 applications across Fen Ditton & Fulbourn. We hold 1,476 applications in total for the CB21 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
- CB21 5JQ
- Application type
- Works to TPO trees
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Great Wilbraham CP
- District
- South Cambridgeshire District Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 24 June 2019
- Target decision date
- 19 August 2019
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 76, Hillcrest, Bar Hill, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB23 8TQ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 3
- Constraints
- 11
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Great Wilbraham
- Tree Preservation Order: TPO 0008 (1968)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
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202526 Mar
T1 - Yew - Reduce by 2m and rebalance to allow light into house, stunt root growth under old cottage and…
ApprovedWorks to TPO trees25/0315/TTPO - 202418 Mar
T1 - Beech. Reduce by 2m back into shape and previous reduction points. T2 - Beech. Reduce by 2m back into…
ApprovedWorks to CA trees24/0336/TTCA - 201725 Apr
T1 - Birch: Fell to allow more light into the central garden area T2 - Apple (ivy covered): Reduce in height…
ApprovedWorks to TPO treesS/1439/17/TP - 201615 Nov
T1 - Silver birch: Crown reduction by 25%
ApprovedWorks to CA treesS/3148/16/TC
Source: South Cambridgeshire
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