71 High Street Oakington And Westwick Cambridgeshire CB24 3AG Data via plota.co.uk

26/0383/TTCA - Works to CA trees Approved

Proposal

T1 - LIME x 21ms high - Reduce height by 2ms to leave at approx 19ms, reduce longest laterals overhanging neighbouring property by 2ms and thin remaining crown by 20%, T2 LIME x 21ms high - Reduce height by 2ms to leave at approx 19ms and thin remaining crown by 20%, T3 LIME x 21ms high - Reduce height by 2ms to leave at approx 19ms and thin remaining crown by 20%, T4 LIME x 22ms high - Reduce height by 3ms to leave at approx 18ms, reduce longest lateral over house by 2ms and laterals over drive by 1m to balance, thin remaining crown by 20%, These trees are the tallest specimens within row of Limes averaging 14ms in height alongside driveway. Large trees with dense crowns and subsequent wind resistance with overhang to neighbouring properties. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
13 Apr 2026
✓
Approved
20 May 2026

Approved on 20 May 2026 · Tree - Officer (SCDC) · Last checked 9 Jul 2026

Site constraints 5

Oakington 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 ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: 25 and 27, High Street, Grade II, about 47 m from the postcode pin
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.
Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Inside the Oakington built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. 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.

Sales history 2

Last sold for £672,500 in August 2003. Detached house, freehold.

1 August 2003£672,500
24 February 1995£272,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Application type
Works to CA trees
Postcode
CB24 3AG
Received
13 Apr 2026
Validated
13 Apr 2026
Ward
Longstanton
Parish
Oakington And Westwick CP
Case officer
Show
Target decision
25 May 2026
Decision
Have No Objection To
Decision date
20 May 2026
Decision level
Tree - Officer (SCDC)
Applicant
Show
Agent
Acacia Tree Surgery Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 37 days from validation, about the council's usual 37 days. Approved, as 95% of tree and landscaping works here are.

93%decided within 8 weeks
95%approved
459decided 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 →

Consultation & key dates

Env. assessment
No
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%).

Among the fastest councils in England
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
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

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.