46 Church Road Little Wilbraham Cambridgeshire CB21 5LE Data via plota.co.uk

26/0907/TTCA - Works to CA trees Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

Plane and Norway Maple - Crown lift over the road and path to give 5.2m and 2.4m respectively (in line with Highway Authority clearance requirements) - Received as a 5-day notice. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
17 Aug 2026
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Validated
19 Aug 2026
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Approved
25 Sept 2026

Approved on 25 Sept 2026 · Tree - Officer (SCDC) · Last checked 25 Sept 2026

Documents 6

Decision & officer reports 1

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

Plans & drawings 1

IMG LOCATION PLAN Drawings · 19 Aug 2026 View ↗

Other documents 4

PDF FIVE DAY NOTICE LETTER Application Officer Correspondence · 20 Aug 2026 View ↗ IMG TREE PHOTO Photographs · 19 Aug 2026 View ↗ IMG HIGHTWAY LETTER Application Information · 19 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF 5 DAYS NOTICE Application Information · 19 Aug 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 4

Little Wilbraham 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.
7 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: The Old Rectory, Grade II, 27 m away · 1 Grade II*, 6 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
National infrastructure project 743 m away: Kingsway Solar Farm, at pre-application.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate 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.

Building

Floor area202 m² (2,174 sq ft)
Energy ratingD (57 out of 100), could reach C
PropertyDetached house, 9 habitable rooms
Built1950 to 1966
HeatingBoiler and radiators, oil
WallsCavity wall, filled cavity

From the energy performance certificate lodged in November 2015, 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
CB21 5LE
Received
17 Aug 2026
Validated
19 Aug 2026
Ward
Fen Ditton & Fulbourn
Parish
Little Wilbraham CP
Case officer
Show
Target decision
30 Sept 2026
Decision
Have No Objection To
Decision date
25 Sept 2026
Decision level
Tree - Officer (SCDC)
Applicant
Show
Agent
Eastern Landscape Service

How this decision compares

Decided in 37 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.

Last counted 25 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
30 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

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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
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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

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.