St Andrews Church High Street Oakington And Westwick Cambridgeshire CB24 3AG Data via plota.co.uk

26/0804/TTCA - Works to CA trees Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

T2 Lime: crown lift to 2m T3 Oak: crown lift to 2m T10 Oak: crown lift to 2m T4 Atlas Cedar at side of church hall reduce side over church hall by 1.5m to clear hall roof crown lift entire tree to 3m to improve access beneath. Data via plota.co.uk

Track application Save this application and get an email when its status or decision changes. Alerts nearby Get email alerts for new planning applications near this address.
View original council record ↗Last checked

Application progress

✓
Received
31 Jul 2026
✓
Approved
8 Sept 2026

Approved on 8 Sept 2026 · Tree - Officer (SCDC) · Last checked 8 Sept 2026

Documents 5

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF DECISION NOTICE Application Decision Notice · 8 Sept 2026 View ↗

Application forms 2

PDF APPLICATION FORM - NO PERSONAL INFO Application Information · 31 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF FEE CALCULATION Application Information · 31 Jul 2026 View ↗

Other documents 2

PDF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER Application Officer Correspondence · 3 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF ATTACHMENT SUMMARY FROM PORTAL Attachment Summary · 31 Jul 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 4

Grade II* listed: Church of St Andrew
List entry 1164356 · The pin is inside its outline · 3 more listed buildings within 150 m (3 Grade II)
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.
Show the other 3 with distances
Historic England ↗
Oakington 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 ↗
Also on the record
Inside the Oakington built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, 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 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.

Building

Floor area94 m² (1,012 sq ft)
Energy ratingB (asset rating 42)
UseD1 Non-residential Institutions - Community/Day Centre
HeatingHeating and Natural Ventilation

From the energy performance certificate lodged in February 2016, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

Work with planning data?

Every application in South Cambridgeshire - and every UK council - as a live feed, an API, or a bulk CSV export.

About Plota's data service

Other new applications on this street

28 Sept 2026Pending

65 High Street Oakington And Westwick Cambridgeshire CB24 3AG

T1 Silver Birch: Reduce height by 1 to 1.5ms, prune back roadside to kerb edge a...

26/1109/TTCA
30 Jul 2026Approved

6 High Street Oakington And Westwick Cambridgeshire CB24 3AG

T1, T2, T3: Acer x3 - Remove (fell) to near ground level and treat stump to inhi...

26/0802/TTCA
11 May 2026Approved

56 High Street Oakington And Westwick Cambridgeshire CB24 3AG

Erection of outbuilding in rear garden.

26/01754/HFUL
8 Oct 2026Refused

300 Barn High Street Cottenham Cambridgeshire CB24 8TX

Non material amendment on application 25/04486/FUL to reword condition 11 (Pedes...

25/04486/NMA1

Nearby new applications

28 Sept 2026Pending

65 High Street Oakington And Westwick Cambridgeshire CB24 3AG

T1 Silver Birch: Reduce height by 1 to 1.5ms, prune back roadside to kerb edge a...

26/1109/TTCA
1 Sept 2026Pending

3 Vicarage Close Oakington And Westwick Cambridgeshire CB24 3AN

A - Beech tree: crown-reduce by 1m and thin the crown by up to 20%. B - Leylandi...

26/0945/TTCA
1 Sept 2026Pending

3 Vicarage Close Oakington And Westwick Cambridgeshire CB24 3AN

A - Beech tree: crown-reduce by 1m and thin the crown by up to 20%. B - Leylandi...

26/0945/TTCA
1 Sept 2026Approved

3 Vicarage Close Oakington And Westwick Cambridgeshire CB24 3AN

A - Beech tree: crown-reduce by 1m and thin the crown by up to 20%. B - Leylandi...

26/0945/TTCA
25 Aug 2026Pending

6 Coles Lane Oakington And Westwick Cambridgeshire CB24 3BA

Proposed partial demolition of existing linked outbuilding and erection of a rep...

26/03229/HFUL
25 Aug 2026Pending

6 Coles Lane Oakington And Westwick Cambridgeshire CB24 3BA

Proposed partial demolition of existing linked outbuilding and erection of a rep...

26/03229/HFUL

Important details

Council
South Cambridgeshire
Application type
Works to CA trees
Postcode
CB24 3AG
Received
31 Jul 2026
Validated
31 Jul 2026
Ward
Longstanton
Parish
Oakington And Westwick CP
Case officer
Show
Target decision
11 Sept 2026
Decision
Have No Objection To
Decision date
8 Sept 2026
Decision level
Tree - Officer (SCDC)
Applicant
Show
Agent
Cambridge Trees Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 39 days from validation, about the council's usual 38 days. Approved, as 96% of tree and landscaping works here are.

93%decided within 8 weeks
96%approved
746decided 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 8 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
11 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

2025 Approved
18 High Street Oakington And Westwick Cambridgeshire CB24 3AG
T1: Leyland Cypress hedge on front boundary - Reduce height by around 50% (to appx 8ft) T…
25/1105/TTCA
2025 Approved
18 High Street Oakington And Westwick Cambridgeshire CB24 3AG
T1: Leyland Cypress hedge on front boundary - Reduce height by around 50% (to appx 8ft) T…
25/1105/TTCA
2025 Approved
Stocks Green High Street Oakington And Westwick Cambridgeshire
T1 - Lime - Crown lift to 5.2m above ground level over road, crown lift to 3m above groun…
25/0387/TTCA
2025 Approved
Stocks Green High Street Oakington And Westwick Cambridgeshire
T1 - Lime - Crown lift to 5.2m above ground level over road, crown lift to 3m above groun…
25/0387/TTCA
2025 Approved
20 High Street Oakington And Westwick Cambridgeshire CB24 3AG
T1 - Pear x 10ms - Reduce upper regrowth equating to height reduction of 1.5ms (leaving t…
25/0278/TTCA
2025 Approved
20 High Street Oakington And Westwick Cambridgeshire CB24 3AG
T1 - Pear x 10ms - Reduce upper regrowth equating to height reduction of 1.5ms (leaving t…
25/0278/TTCA
2024 Withdrawn
Baptist Church High Street Oakington And Westwick Cambridgeshire CB24 3AG
To create a car park utilising the existing land adjacent to the Chapel for the use of th…
24/04310/FUL
2024 Withdrawn
Baptist Church High Street Oakington And Westwick Cambridgeshire CB24 3AG
To create a car park utilising the existing land adjacent to the Chapel for the use of th…
24/04310/FUL
2024 Approved
Stocks Green High Street Oakington And Westwick Cambridgeshire CB24 3AG
Remove row of 22 Cupressus Leylandii to ground level and remove stumps. 1.8m fence to be…
24/1490/TTCA
2024 Approved
Stocks Green High Street Oakington And Westwick Cambridgeshire CB24 3AG
Remove row of 22 Cupressus Leylandii to ground level and remove stumps. 1.8m fence to be…
24/1490/TTCA
2024 Approved
10 High Street Oakington And Westwick Cambridgeshire CB24 3AG
T1 Prunus cerasifera - crown reduce, removing 2.5m of growth. T2 Prunus cerasifera - remo…
24/0759/TTCA
2024 Approved
10 High Street Oakington And Westwick Cambridgeshire CB24 3AG
T1 Prunus cerasifera - crown reduce, removing 2.5m of growth. T2 Prunus cerasifera - remo…
24/0759/TTCA
2024 Approved
16 High Street Oakington And Westwick Cambridgeshire CB24 3AG
Single storey rear extension, removal of existing chimney, installation of new windows, i…
24/01177/HFUL
2024 Approved
16 High Street Oakington And Westwick Cambridgeshire CB24 3AG
Single storey rear extension, removal of existing chimney, installation of new windows, i…
24/01177/HFUL
2023 Approved
25 High Street Oakington And Westwick Cambridgeshire CB24 3AG
Dismantle front wall, repair structural damage and rebuild.
23/02425/LBC
2023 Approved
25 High Street Oakington And Westwick Cambridgeshire CB24 3AG
Dismantle front wall, repair structural damage and rebuild.
23/02425/LBC
2023 Approved
57 Water Lane Oakington And Westwick Cambridgeshire CB24 3AL
An oak tree (quercus robur) (T1) in the rear garden of 57 Water Lane which has never had…
23/0259/TTCA
2023 Approved
57 Water Lane Oakington And Westwick Cambridgeshire CB24 3AL
An oak tree (quercus robur) (T1) in the rear garden of 57 Water Lane which has never had…
23/0259/TTCA
2023 Approved
27 High Street Oakington And Westwick Cambridgeshire CB24 3AG
T1 Silver Birch - Crown lift by 3.2 metres from ground level, crown thin by 15% to improv…
23/0023/TTCA
2023 Approved
27 High Street Oakington And Westwick Cambridgeshire CB24 3AG
T1 Silver Birch - Crown lift by 3.2 metres from ground level, crown thin by 15% to improv…
23/0023/TTCA
2017 Approved
57A Water Lane Oakington And Westwick Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB24 3AL
Erection of a single storey shed
S/0952/17/FL
2017 Approved
Stocks Green High Street Oakington And Westwick
2 Lower limb encrouching building reduce by 3 metres only. Plane Tree
S/0520/17/TC
2017 Approved
Stocks Green High Street Oakington And Westwick
2 Lower limb encrouching building reduce by 3 metres only. Plane Tree
S/0520/17/TC
2016 Approved
25 High Street Oakington And Westwick Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB24 3AG
Create a timber workshop in garden
S/0903/16/FL
2016 Approved
25 High Street Oakington And Westwick Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB24 3AG
Create a timber workshop in garden
S/0903/16/FL
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

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.