The Lodge Kings Mill Lane Great Shelford Cambridgeshire CB22 5EN Data via plota.co.uk

26/0773/TTPO - Works to TPO trees Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

Birch - Reduce spread of longest branches in middle crown on 3 sides by 1.5 - 2m and shape into remainder of crown Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
24 Jul 2026
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Approved
1 Sept 2026

Approved on 1 Sept 2026 · Tree - Officer (SCDC) · Last checked 5 Sept 2026

Documents 6

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF DECISION NOTICE Application Decision Notice · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗

Application forms 2

PDF APPLICATION FORM - NO PERSONAL INFO Application Information · 24 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF FEE CALCULATION Application Information · 24 Jul 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 1

PDF PARISH Consultee Comments · 20 Aug 2026 View ↗

Other documents 2

PDF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER Application Officer Correspondence · 29 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF ATTACHMENT SUMMARY FROM PORTAL Attachment Summary · 24 Jul 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 7

Flood zone 2, rivers and sea
Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Great Shelford conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Tree preservation order: GREAT SHELFORD Kings Mill Lane, Great Shelford
Consent is needed before work on protected trees.
Not every council has published its orders as open data, so no order shown is not proof there is none.
5 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: 38 and 40, Church Street, Grade II, 59 m away · 1 Grade II*, 4 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Nature recovery project: Cambridge Core Area; Inside the Great Shelford and Stapleford built-up area; Green belt 51 m away: Cambridge.
Not affected
No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
South Cambridgeshire
Application type
Works to TPO trees
Postcode
CB22 5EN
Received
24 Jul 2026
Validated
24 Jul 2026
Ward
Shelford
Parish
Great Shelford CP
Case officer
Show
Target decision
18 Sept 2026
Decision
Granted Permission
Decision date
1 Sept 2026
Decision level
Tree - Officer (SCDC)
Applicant
Show
Agent
Eastern Tree Surgery Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 39 days from validation, about the council's usual 37 days. Approved, as 98% of tree and landscaping works here are.

96%decided within 8 weeks
98%approved
261decided in the last year

Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by South Cambridgeshire in the last twelve months, from validation. South Cambridgeshire decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 5 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
18 Sept 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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South Cambridgeshire
Planning Authority Score
8.1/10
Excellent
#25 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

South Cambridgeshire is one of the fastest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #24 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (95%) than the national average (90%).

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South Cambridgeshire decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
94%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #45 of 296
95%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #91 of 296
84%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #24 of 296
31%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #60 of 296
86%
Minor dwellings approved
215 decided (1-9 homes)
96%
Major dwellings approved
27 decided (10+ homes)
79%
Change of use approved
38 decided
1,509
Total decisions
96 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings