4 Oxford Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 3PW Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Two Sycamore trees in the back garden: crown-raise the branches currently touching the adjacent roof to obtain 1.5m clearance. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 25 Jun 2026 · Tree - Delegated (CBG) · Last checked 8 Jul 2026
Documents 6
Decision & officer reports 1
Application forms 2
Consultation & comments 1
Site constraints 3
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.
Sales history 2
Last sold for £560,000 in October 2025. 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 April 2017, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. 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 3PW
- Received
- 13 May 2026
- Validated
- 13 May 2026
- Ward
- Castle
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 24 Jun 2026
- Decision
- Have No Objection To
- Decision date
- 25 Jun 2026
- Decision level
- Tree - Delegated (CBG)
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Richardson Tree Surgery Limited
How this decision compares
Decided in 43 days from validation, 7 days slower than Cambridge's median of 36 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 96% 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
- 24 Jun 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
29 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Previous applications at this address
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.
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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