The Cottage The Main Road Papworth St Agnes Cambridgeshire CB23 3QU Data via plota.co.uk

26/0878/TTCA - Works to CA trees Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

T1 Rowan - remove T3 Apple - remove T4 Ash - remove The tree works are proposed to stop the influence of the tree(s) on the soil below building foundation level and provide long term stability at the Cottage. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
14 Aug 2026
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Approved
17 Sept 2026

Approved on 17 Sept 2026 · Tree - Officer (SCDC) · Last checked 18 Sept 2026

Documents 7

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF DECISION NOTICE Application Decision Notice · 17 Sept 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 1

PDF SITEPLANFINAL Photographs · 14 Aug 2026 View ↗

Application forms 2

PDF APPLICATION FORM - NO PERSONAL INFO Application Information · 14 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF FEE CALCULATION Application Information · 14 Aug 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 1

PDF MAP OF NOTIFIED NEIGHBOURS Neighbour/Consultee Notification List · 19 Aug 2026 View ↗

Other documents 2

PDF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER Application Officer Correspondence · 19 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF ATTACHMENT SUMMARY FROM PORTAL Attachment Summary · 14 Aug 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 3

Papworth St Agnes 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 ↗
Public footpath 19 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
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) agrees.
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.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 6 October 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £495,000 in April 2007. Detached house, freehold.

18 April 2007£495,000

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

Building

Floor area191 m² (2,056 sq ft)
Energy ratingD (56 out of 100), could reach C
PropertyDetached house, 6 habitable rooms
BuiltBefore 1900
HeatingBoiler and radiators, oil
WallsCob, as built

From the energy performance certificate lodged in July 2013, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council
South Cambridgeshire
Application type
Works to CA trees
Postcode
CB23 3QU
Received
14 Aug 2026
Validated
14 Aug 2026
Ward
Caxton & Papworth
Parish
Papworth St. Agnes CP
Case officer
Show
Target decision
25 Sept 2026
Decision
Have No Objection To
Decision date
17 Sept 2026
Decision level
Tree - Officer (SCDC)
Applicant
Show
Agent
Innovation Group Environmental Services

How this decision compares

Decided in 34 days from validation, about the council's usual 37 days. Approved, as 96% of tree and landscaping works here are.

93%decided within 8 weeks
96%approved
530decided 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.

2 neighbours consulted · Last counted 18 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
25 Sept 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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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%).

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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

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

Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.