Old Rectory Main Street Hardwick Cambridge CB23 7QS
Approved on 5 January 2017
Council decision: Granted Permission
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Proposal
3. Hornbeam - remove four lower branches overhanging grass - for maintenance. 4. Hornbeam - remove two lower branches - for maintenance. 6. Crab Apple - reduce and shape - for maintenance. 7. Elder - remove five branches on neighbours tree - to reduce nuisance value. 8. Elderberry - remove wolf branch overhanging garden - for maintenance. 9. Yew - reduce and shape crown over drive by approximately 2 metres also raise crown over garden and path to give a 2 metre clearance - for maintenance. 10. 2 x Hawthorn - reduce to 2 metres - for maintenance. 11. Elderberry - remove branch overhanging front hedge - for maintenance.
- Received
- 5 December 2016
- Ward
- Hardwick
- ReceivedReceived5 Dec
- ValidatedValidated5 Dec
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date16 Jan
- DecidedDecided5 Jan
Decided in 31 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a tree application at Old Rectory Main Street Hardwick Cambridge CB23 7QS. 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 Hardwick conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 24 applications across Hardwick. 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 7QS
- Application type
- Works to CA trees
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Hardwick CP
- District
- South Cambridgeshire District Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 5 December 2016
- Target decision date
- 16 January 2017
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Peter Oakes
- Agent address
- 23, Cambridge Road, Hardwick, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB23 7QQ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 3
- Constraints
- 9
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Hardwick
- Brownfield land register: 44, Main Street, Hardwick, CAMBRIDGE, CB23 7QSRegister site at or near this address
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)
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 and heritage coasts.
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Planning history at this site
5 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20251 Sep
G1- 3x Prunus- Remove severely leaning stems back to boundary to eliminate the risk of end loading removing…
PendingWorks to CA trees25/0899/TTCA - 202415 Feb
(T1) Prunus - reduce crown spread over lawn by 2.5m. (T2) Ash - cut back to clear BT lines by 50cm. (T3)…
ApprovedWorks to CA trees24/0223/TTCA - 20236 Oct
T1- Raywood- catastrophic failure of several limbs. Reduce in height by 4 meters and shape.
ApprovedWorks to CA trees23/1190/TTCA - 20215 Jul
(T1) Plum - crown lift to 1.5 meters in height to maintain this tree in its current location and reduce the…
ApprovedWorks to CA trees21/0801/TTCA - 201823 Mar
Change of use of part of the building from residential annex to D1 use. Demolition of Store Room.
ApprovedFull ApplicationS/1138/18/FL
Source: South Cambridgeshire
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