Planning application
5 Woodlands Road Great Shelford Cambridgeshire CB22 5LW
Works: Trees
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
T5 BEECH x 11ms tall WITHIN ROW OF YEW AND CYPRESS which are av. 8ms tall - Yew and Cypress are to be reduced to 6ms to reform hedge row and Beech to be removed to allow hedge to fill out. T6 LAWSON CYPRESS x 10ms tall - reduce by 4 to 5ms to leave at 6ms to allay neighbours concerns on size in proximity to their property, T7 COPPER BEECH x 14ms tall - raise low crown to 4.5ms above ground level all round, T8 SILVER BIRCH X 10ms tall in poor condition with honey fungus and piptoporus fruiting bodies on main trunk - remove to ground level, T9 MULTI STEM CYPRESS x 9ms tall with split out lower limbs - raise lower crown to 2.5ms all round to remove worst of protruding limbs and strap in remaining protruding limbs,
As published by the council, reference 26/0918/TTCA
Application record
- Reference
- 26/0918/TTCA
- Type
- Works to CA trees
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 24 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 24 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Shelford
- Parish
- Great Shelford CP
- Postcode
- CB22 5LW
Comment by 16 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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24 Aug 2026
Received by South Cambridgeshire
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27 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 19 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.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Agent on file, a tree-works contractor registered in Cambridgeshire
95 applications on PlanIndex · across 5 councils · 99% granted
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See who's behind itDocuments
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
7 documents on file for this application
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER
- MAP OF NOTIFIED NEIGHBOURS
- APPLICATION FORM - NO PERSONAL INFO
- FEE CALCULATION
- ATTACHMENT SUMMARY FROM PORTAL
- 5 PHOTOS
- TREE LOCATION PLAN
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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 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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18 Woodlands Road Great Shelford Cambridgeshire CB22 5LW
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Awaiting decision Conditions 11 docs -
18 Woodlands Road Great Shelford CB22 5LW
This application is to FELL T1 - a mature Horse Chestnut Tree which is situated in our back garden. We have already been granted permission for a crown reduction and lift due to the tree being too large for its current area, the limbs are encroaching on the house and the chimney stacks. The tree is dropping a lot of deadwood which is a concern as we have young children. However, upon closer inspection from 4 independent professional tree surgeons their unanimous opinion is that the tree is unfortunately in poor health with multiple decay issues and so it should be felled. The following is the opinion of one of the professionals that inspected the tree (which is consistent with the other's views). "The Horse Chestnut (T1) has a co-dominant stem with visual signs of decay to a major butress root and also rot at the base of the tree. Also, there are two fungal brackets feeding off deadwood and possibly the heartwood. These are Oyster Fungus (Pleurotus Ostreatus) and Chicken of the woods (Laetiporus Sulphureus). The tree is also showing Bleeding Canker at aproximately 25ft. In my opinion this tree is in poor health and in slow decline. Taking into consideration the location of the tree I would advise to remove it on the grounds of saftey".
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