38 School Lane And Strip Of Land Between Pidgeon Close And Barkers Close Thriplow Cambridgeshire SG8 7RH Data via plota.co.uk

26/0464/TTCA - Works to CA trees Decided
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

Ash and Sycamore in front of 38 School Lane - reduce height by 4m 4x Poplar on strip of land between Pidgeon Close and Barkers Close - reduce height by 7m Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
8 May 2026
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Validated
14 May 2026
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Non-Determination
25 Jun 2026

Non-Determination on 25 Jun 2026 · Tree - Officer (SCDC) · Last checked 8 Jul 2026

Documents 18

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF DECISION NOTICE Application Decision Notice · 25 Jun 2026 View ↗

Application forms 2

PDF APPLICATION FORM - NO PERSONAL INFO Application Information · 8 May 2026 View ↗ PDF FEE CALCULATION Application Information · 8 May 2026 View ↗

Other documents 15

PDF INVALID CHASE Application Information · 18 May 2026 View ↗ PDF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER Application Officer Correspondence · 18 May 2026 View ↗ PDF EMAIL FROM INVALID Application Information · 13 May 2026 View ↗ PDF INVALID LETTER Application Information · 11 May 2026 View ↗ PDF ATTACHMENT SUMMARY FROM PORTAL Attachment Summary · 8 May 2026 View ↗ PDF PHOTO 1 Photographs · 8 May 2026 View ↗ PDF PHOTO 2 Photographs · 8 May 2026 View ↗ PDF PHOTO 3 Photographs · 8 May 2026 View ↗ PDF PHOTO 4 Photographs · 8 May 2026 View ↗ PDF PHOTO 5 Photographs · 8 May 2026 View ↗ PDF PHOTO 6 Photographs · 8 May 2026 View ↗ PDF PHOTO 7 Photographs · 8 May 2026 View ↗ PDF PHOTO 8 Photographs · 8 May 2026 View ↗ PDF PHOTO 9 Photographs · 8 May 2026 View ↗ PDF PHOTO 10 Photographs · 8 May 2026 View ↗

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Site constraints 5

Thriplow 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 ↗
Agricultural land, grade 3a
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 2. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
SSSI about 133 m away: Thriplow Meadows SSSI
Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
Also on the record
Priority habitat about 29 m away: No main habitat but additional habitats present.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 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.

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Important details

Council
South Cambridgeshire
Application type
Works to CA trees
Postcode
SG8 7RH
Received
8 May 2026
Validated
14 May 2026
Ward
Whittlesford
Parish
Thriplow And Heathfield CP
Case officer
Show
Target decision
25 Jun 2026
Decision
Non-Determination
Decision date
25 Jun 2026
Decision level
Tree - Officer (SCDC)
Applicant
Show

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
25 Jun 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

23 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved
Thriplow Cofe Va Primary School School Lane Thriplow Cambridgeshire SG8 7RH
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25/0919/TTCA
2025 Approved
Thriplow Cofe Va Primary School School Lane Thriplow Cambridgeshire SG8 7RH
T270 ASH x 17ms high - Reduce long subsiding lower limb overhanging School Lane by 3ms to…
25/0919/TTCA
2021 Approved
2 Pigeons Close Thriplow SG8 7RF
Two storey side extension & single storey rear extension.
21/02058/HFUL
2021 Approved
2 Pigeons Close Thriplow SG8 7RF
Two storey side extension & single storey rear extension.
21/02058/HFUL
2020 Approved
35 School Lane Thriplow Royston Cambridgeshire SG8 7RH
Submission of details required for condition 3 (Materials) of planning permission S/4370/…
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2020 Approved
22 School Lane Thriplow SG8 7RH
T1 to T9 - Mature Poplars - This cluster of mature trees were planted very close together…
20/1490/TTCA
2020 Approved
22 School Lane Thriplow SG8 7RH
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20/1490/TTCA
2020 Approved
22 School Lane Thriplow Royston Cambridgeshire SG8 7RH
T1- Ash - This tree is causing excessive shading and is beginning to grow towards the hou…
20/1319/TTCA
2020 Approved
22 School Lane Thriplow Royston Cambridgeshire SG8 7RH
T1- Ash - This tree is causing excessive shading and is beginning to grow towards the hou…
20/1319/TTCA
2019 Approved
35 School Lane Thriplow Royston Cambridgeshire SG8 7RH
Proposed one and a half storey outbuilding
S/4370/19/FL
2019 Approved
35 School Lane Thriplow Royston Cambridgeshire SG8 7RH
Proposed one and a half storey outbuilding
S/4370/19/FL
2019 Approved
3 Pigeons Close Thriplow Royston SG8 7RF
Single storey rear extension
S/3973/19/FL
2019 Approved
3 Pigeons Close Thriplow Royston SG8 7RF
Single storey rear extension
S/3973/19/FL
2019 Approved
8 Pigeons Close Thriplow Royston SG8 7RF
First floor front extension
S/2916/19/FL
2019 Approved
8 Pigeons Close Thriplow Royston SG8 7RF
First floor front extension
S/2916/19/FL
2019 Approved
9 Pigeons Close Thriplow Royston Cambridgeshire SG8 7RF
Two storey front extension and first floor front and side extension
S/2930/19/FL
2019 Approved
9 Pigeons Close Thriplow Royston Cambridgeshire SG8 7RF
Two storey front extension and first floor front and side extension
S/2930/19/FL
2018 Approved
4 Pigeons Close Thriplow Royston Cambridgeshire SG8 7RF
First floor extension
S/1912/18/FL
2018 Approved
4 Pigeons Close Thriplow Royston Cambridgeshire SG8 7RF
First floor extension
S/1912/18/FL
2017 Approved
8 Pigeons Close Thriplow Royston SG8 7RF
Enlargement of 3 bedrooms on first floor plus en suite bathroom. Provision of small front…
S/2419/17/FL
2017 Approved
8 Pigeons Close Thriplow Royston SG8 7RF
Enlargement of 3 bedrooms on first floor plus en suite bathroom. Provision of small front…
S/2419/17/FL
2016 Approved
6 Pigeons Close Thriplow Royston SG8 7RF
Single storey rear extension
S/2159/16/FL
2016 Approved
6 Pigeons Close Thriplow Royston SG8 7RF
Single storey rear extension
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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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for householder decisions
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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