Planning application
1 Brockley Road Elsworth Cambridgeshire CB23 4JS
Works: Trees
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
T1 - Yew - Reduce height by 1m and sides by 0.5m - impact on listed building and damaging thatch T2 - Crab apple - Reduce crown by 2m - impact on listed building and damaging thatch T3 - Cherry - Remove - grown too big for site, damaging outbuilding T4 - Rowan - Remove - grown too big for site, damaging outbuilding T5, T10, T11 and T14 - Sycamore - Raise crown to 3m - To allow more light into garden T6 - Crab apple - Raise crown to 3m - To allow more light into garden T7 - Chestnut - Raise crown to 3m - To allow more light into garden T8, T9 and T12 - Cherry - Raise crown to 3m - To allow more light into garden T13 - Apple - Raise Crown to 3m - To allow more light into garden T15 - Cherry - Raise crown to 3m - To avoid low branches touching cars in car park T16 - Apple - Raise crown to 3m - To avoid low branches touching cars in car park T17 - Sycamore - Raise crown to 3m - To avoid low branches touching cars in car park T18 - Poplar - Raise crown to 3m - To avoid low branches touching cars in car park
As published by the council, reference 26/0843/TTCA
Application record
- Reference
- 26/0843/TTCA
- Type
- Works to CA trees
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 7 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 17 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Caxton & Papworth
- Parish
- Elsworth CP
- Postcode
- CB23 4JS
Comment by 9 September 2026
The council is taking comments on this application until then. Have your say on South Cambridgeshire's portal.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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7 Aug 2026
Received by South Cambridgeshire
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17 Aug 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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27 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 12 October 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 58 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
13 documents on file for this application
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER
- TREE PROPOSAL
- INVALID LETTER
- INVALID LETTER
- APPLICATION FORM - NO PERSONAL INFO
- FEE CALCULATION
- LOCATION PLAN
- SKETCH PLAN OF TREES
- TREE WORK PROPOSED
- T2 CRAB APPLE
- T3 CHERRY
- T4 ROWAN
- T1 YEW
Trade members open them from here.
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 39 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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