78 High Street Great Abington Cambridgeshire CB21 6AE Data via plota.co.uk

26/0578/TTCA - Works to CA trees Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

T1-Horse Chestnut, crown reduction by up-to 30% T2- Ash tree, crown thin and lateral reduction by up-to 3m to clear the road and property. T3- Holly tree, crown lift to below previous pruning points T4-Horse Chestnut, crown reduction by up-to 20% Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
9 Jun 2026
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Validated
25 Jun 2026
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Approved
10 Aug 2026

Approved on 10 Aug 2026 · Tree - Officer (SCDC) · Last checked 10 Aug 2026

Documents 8

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF DECISION NOTICE Application Decision Notice · 10 Aug 2026 View ↗

Application forms 2

PDF APPLICATION FORM - NO PERSONAL INFO Application Information · 9 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF FEE CALCULATION Application Information · 9 Jun 2026 View ↗

Other documents 5

PDF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER Application Officer Correspondence · 25 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF INVALID CHASE Application Information · 19 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF INVALID LETTER Application Information · 12 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF ATTACHMENT SUMMARY FROM PORTAL Attachment Summary · 9 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF 78-80 HIGH STREET Photographs · 9 Jun 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 6

Great And Little Abington 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 ↗
15 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: 93, High Street, Grade II, 25 m away · 1 Grade II*, 14 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 ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Inside the Great Abington built-up area; Tree preservation order 21 m away: GREAT ABINGTON Parish; 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 area178 m² (1,916 sq ft)
Energy ratingD (57 out of 100)
PropertyDetached house, 6 habitable rooms
Built1950 to 1966
HeatingBoiler and radiators, oil
WallsCavity wall, filled cavity

From the energy performance certificate lodged in January 2012, 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 6AE
Received
9 Jun 2026
Validated
25 Jun 2026
Ward
Linton
Parish
Abington CP
Case officer
Show
Target decision
6 Aug 2026
Decision
Have No Objection To
Decision date
10 Aug 2026
Decision level
Tree - Officer (SCDC)
Applicant
Show
Agent
masons tree contractors ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 46 days from validation, 9 days slower than South Cambridgeshire's median of 37 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 96% of tree and landscaping works here are.

94%decided within 8 weeks
96%approved
493decided 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 10 Aug 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
6 Aug 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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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
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

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.