2 Church Lane Shepreth Cambridgeshire SG8 6RG Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
T1. Ash reduce side over hanging the drive way by upto 2 m at the bottom and 1.5 nearer the top. Reducing back into shape. T2. Dead cypress fell to ground level. H1. Yew reduces the high to 3.5 m from ground level and hedge trim remaining starting to form it into a hedge. T3. Purple leaf plum right-hand side of drive way reduce tree back a meter growing towards house using pruning poles. S1. Cherry Laurel left hand side of front driveway. Reduce high back down to previous points around 2 m. Shaping the remaining bush to give a nice over all shape. H2. Beech, Trim the top and both side back to previous points. S2. Portuguese Laurel reduce both side by 1.5 -2m bring the height down by 1.5m. Try to cut it back so the shrub will grow back into a ball shape. S3. Dead shrub under beech tree right hand side of rear garden fell to ground level. T4. Cypress in middle of rear garden remove the large bottom limb growing toward the house back to source. T5 and T6. Hornbeam reduce high by 2m and reduce the remaining canopy by 2-2.5 m over left hand side of garden and 1-1.5 over the right side. shaping them both into their own tree shapes. T7. Hazel left hand side of rear garden. coppice 1 m from ground level S4. Viburnum left hand side of rear garden reduce 2 limbs growing over the garden back to the uprights. S5. Viburnum left hand side on extra garden reduce the over hanging branches over the garden by around 2m giving it a good overall shape. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Under consideration
No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 14 Nov 2026, from South Cambridgeshire's recent tree and landscaping works.
Documents 4
Application forms 2
Other documents 2
Site constraints 8
Checked on 8 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 2
Last sold for £280,000 in August 1997. Detached house, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
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Important details
- Council
- South Cambridgeshire
- Application type
- Works to CA trees
- Postcode
- SG8 6RG
- Received
- 7 Oct 2026
- Validated
- 7 Oct 2026
- Ward
- Melbourn
- Parish
- Shepreth CP
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 18 Nov 2026
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- The Blue Tree Company
Decision outlook
Day 22 of the 56-day target. South Cambridgeshire usually decides tree and landscaping works by day 38.
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 22 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Statutory expiry
- 18 Nov 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
29 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Previous applications at this address
Nearby activity
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%).
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
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