Farriers Newton Road Whittlesford Cambridgeshire CB22 4PF Data via plota.co.uk

26/0528/TTPO - Works to TPO trees Approved

Proposal

Removal of five silver birch dead trees Removal of 3 Ashes dead or dying from 'ash die back' or King Alfred's cake fungus Removal of 1 Ash where the top of the tree is broken off and hanging on adjacent tree Removal of 1 Ash tree overhanging on the adjacent allotment which is considered by the parish council as health risk due to breaking branches. Removal or crown reduction of 2 poplars - one of which needs cutting back as the base of the tree is split and with the height and weight of canopy, if the tree falls it will damage the property. Second poplar is saffocating an adjacent Norway spruce and Ash. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
4 Jun 2026
Approved
24 Jul 2026

Approved on 24 Jul 2026 · Tree - Officer (SCDC) · Last checked 28 Jul 2026

Site constraints 5

Green belt: Cambridge
Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm.
Tree preservation order: WHITTLESFORD Parish
Consent is needed before work on protected trees.
Not every council has published its orders as open data, so no order shown is not proof there is none.
Agricultural land, grade 3a
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Predicted from the national soil map. The older provisional map, 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.
Also on the record
SSSI 431 m away: Whittlesford - Thriplow Hummocky Fields SSSI; Priority habitat 34 m away: Deciduous woodland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No listed building at the site · 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

Application type
Works to TPO trees
Postcode
CB22 4PF
Received
4 Jun 2026
Validated
4 Jun 2026
Ward
Whittlesford
Parish
Whittlesford CP
Case officer
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Target decision
30 Jul 2026
Decision
Granted Permission
Decision date
24 Jul 2026
Decision level
Tree - Officer (SCDC)
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 50 days from validation, 13 days slower than South Cambridgeshire's median of 37 for tree and landscaping works. 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 →

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