Planning application
4 High Street Little Shelford Cambridgeshire CB22 5ES
Works: Trees
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
1) Birch (in front garden and over hanging road) - Reduce crown by up to 3m all round where suitable side branches allow. Prune to clear phone wires by about 1m. Remove 3 lowest secondary branches towards and over number 4 and lowest secondary branch towards neighbour's front door. 2) Field Maple - Remove 2 low branches over neighbour's greenhouse and reduce remainder of crown by about 2m.
As published by the council, reference 26/0274/TTCA
Application record
- Reference
- 26/0274/TTCA
- Type
- Works to CA trees
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 16 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 16 Mar 2026
- Ward
- Shelford
- Parish
- Little Shelford CP
- Postcode
- CB22 5ES
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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16 Mar 2026
Received by South Cambridgeshire
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23 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 11 May 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
South Cambridgeshire took a median of 56 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Care for Trees Ltd. Agent, registered in Cambridge
Active · incorporated 2011 · Cambridge
19 applications on PlanIndex · across 2 councils · 100% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
5 documents on file for this application
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER
- APPLICATION FORM - NO PERSONAL INFO
- FEE CALCULATION
- TREE LOCATION PLAN
- PHOTO OF TREE 1) BIRCH
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with South Cambridgeshire for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year South Cambridgeshire decided tree works applications in a median of 38 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About tree works applications
Applications for works to trees cover protected trees: consent under a tree preservation order, or six weeks notice for trees in a conservation area. More in our guide to planning application types.
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