New Court St Johns College St Johns Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Five Day Notice - T121: Oak with two failed main limbs - Clear the fallen limbs. Crown reduce by 9m and reduce lateral to rebalance as necessary due to the remaining crown which is now top heavy and overhangs the river and a pathway Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 3 Jun 2026 · Tree - Officer (SCDC) · Last checked 8 Jul 2026
Documents 3
Decision & officer reports 1
Other documents 2
Site constraints 9
Show all 17 with distances
- 0 mSt John's College, New CourtGrade I
- 49 mSt John's College, New BridgeGrade I
- 64 mCripps Building at St John's CollegeGrade II*
- 66 mSt John's College, the Buildings Surrounding the First, Second and Third CourtsGrade I
- 67 mSt John's College, Old BridgeGrade I
- 83 mSt John's College, Gateway and Piers Adjoining the Old BridgeGrade I
- 101 mSt John's College, Gateway to Kitchen Yard to East of Old BridgeGrade I
- 101 mTrinity College, Wall Running West North West From the Master's Lodge to the RiverGrade II
- 110 mMagdalene College, Benson Court Main BlockGrade II
- 115 mSt John's College, Stables of Master's LodgeGrade II
- 115 mSt John's College, Master's LodgeGrade II
- 128 mSt John's College, High Walk Bridge Over Bin BrookGrade II
- 133 mSt Johns' College, Bridge Over Bin Brook Between Trinity and St John's BacksGrade II
- 135 mTrinity College, The Buildings surrounding Great Court, Nevile's Court and New Court, and including King's HostelGrade I
- 146 mThe Pickerel InnGrade II
- 149 mSt John's College, Four Gates Onto the Wilderness and the Scholars' Garden, North East Gate, North West Gate, South East Gate and South West GateGrade II
- 149 m31, Magdalene StreetGrade II
Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. 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.
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Important details
How this decision compares
Decided in 33 days from validation, about the council's usual 36 days. Approved, as 97% 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 →
Consultation & key dates
- Statutory expiry
- 12 Jun 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%).
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