Planning application
4 The Rookery Balsham Cambridgeshire CB21 4EU
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Mature Maple (No 8) on plan has a branch over the electricity sub station and near the No 22 The Rookery which needs removing along with another branch to balance the tree. (Photos attached) Mature Maple (No 9) on plan has a hollow truck and is dangerous and needs to be felled as it is close to the Electricity sub station and the bungalow in The Rookery. Photos attached.
As published by the council, reference 22/1430/TTPO
Application record
- Reference
- 22/1430/TTPO
- Type
- Works to TPO trees
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted Permission
- Received
- 1 Dec 2022
- Validated
- 1 Dec 2022
- Decided
- 20 Dec 2022
- Ward
- Balsham
- Parish
- Balsham CP
- Decision by
- Tree - Officer (SCDC)
- Postcode
- CB21 4EU
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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1 Dec 2022
Received by South Cambridgeshire
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20 Dec 2022
Decision issued: Granted Permission
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27 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
11 documents on file for this application
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South Cambridgeshire granted permission on 20 December 2022, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
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