The Yews Cootes Lane Fen Drayton Cambridgeshire CB24 4SL Data via plota.co.uk

26/0681/TTCA - Works to CA trees Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

T1 - Silver Birch - Reduce height by up to 3 meters and reduce sides by up to 1 meter to increase light in the house and garden as well as keep the tree into a nicer and more manageable size. T2 - Apple - Reduce the branch that is growing into the hedge (up to 3 meters) and reduce the rest of the tree by up to 1 meter and clear congested branches. This is to stop it growing into the hedge and to preserve a nicer shape for the tree. T3 - Irish Yew - Fell tree and remove stump, to make way for the proposed extension to the property. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
6 Jul 2026
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Approved
11 Aug 2026

Approved on 11 Aug 2026 · Tree - Officer (SCDC) · Last checked 12 Aug 2026

Documents 4

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF DECISION NOTICE Application Decision Notice · 11 Aug 2026 View ↗

Application forms 2

PDF APPLICATION FORM - NO PERSONAL INFO Application Information · 6 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF FEE CALCULATION Application Information · 6 Jul 2026 View ↗

Other documents 1

PDF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER Application Officer Correspondence · 6 Jul 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 5

Fen Drayton 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 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
13 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: 3 and 4, High Street, Grade II, 46 m away · 2 Grade II*, 11 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
Inside the Fen Drayton built-up area; the 1970s provisional farmland map had this area as grade 1, 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. 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
CB24 4SL
Received
6 Jul 2026
Validated
6 Jul 2026
Ward
Swavesey
Parish
Fen Drayton CP
Case officer
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Target decision
17 Aug 2026
Decision
Have No Objection To
Decision date
11 Aug 2026
Decision level
Tree - Officer (SCDC)
Applicant
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Agent
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How this decision compares

Decided in 36 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

1comment received
1 objecting

1 neighbour consulted · Last counted 12 Aug 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

10 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%).

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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