4 Alpha Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 3DG Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
T1 - Plum - Remove one low limb over flat roof and prune to clear building by 1.5ms T2 - Holly - top and fell as close to ground level as possible due to excessive shading and crown touching building Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 17 Sept 2026 · Tree - Delegated (CBG) · Last checked 18 Sept 2026
Documents 6
Decision & officer reports 1
Application forms 2
Consultation & comments 1
Site constraints 6
Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate 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.
Sales history 1
Last sold for £573,000 in March 2018. Semi-detached house, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in January 2018, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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Important details
- Council
- Cambridge
- Application type
- Works to CA trees
- Postcode
- CB4 3DG
- Received
- 15 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 15 Jul 2026
- Ward
- West Chesterton
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 26 Aug 2026
- Decision
- Have No Objection To
- Decision date
- 17 Sept 2026
- Decision level
- Tree - Delegated (CBG)
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Acacia Tree Surgery Ltd
How this decision compares
Decided in 64 days from validation, 28 days slower than Cambridge's median of 36 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 95% of tree and landscaping works here are.
Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by Cambridge in the last twelve months, from validation. Cambridge decision record →
Public comments
No public comments yet.
3 neighbours consulted · Last counted 18 Sept 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Statutory expiry
- 26 Aug 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
Cambridge is one of the fastest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #21 out of 296. Only 26% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (94%) than the national average (90%).
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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.
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