83 De Freville Avenue Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 1HP Data via plota.co.uk

26/0487/TTCA - Works to CA trees Approved

Proposal

London Plane - Reduce spread of longest limbs in middle of upper crown by up to 4m back to previous reduction points, retaining current height remove 2 x existing bracing systems and replace with 2 tom and 4 ton soft bracing system Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
15 May 2026
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Approved
1 Jun 2026

Approved on 1 Jun 2026 · Tree - Delegated (CBG) · Last checked 8 Jul 2026

Site constraints 5

De Freville conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Air quality management area: Cambridge AQMA
The council has declared the area as failing an air quality objective.
Schemes that add traffic, parking or combustion plant are assessed against the area's action plan and may need an air quality assessment.
Council record ↗
Also on the record
1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin; Inside the Cambridge (Cambridge) built-up area; National infrastructure project about 1117 m away: East West Rail - Bedford to Cambridge and Western improvements, at pre-application.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

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

Council
Cambridge
Application type
Works to CA trees
Postcode
CB4 1HP
Received
15 May 2026
Validated
15 May 2026
Ward
West Chesterton
Case officer
Show
Target decision
26 Jun 2026
Decision
Have No Objection To
Decision date
1 Jun 2026
Decision level
Tree - Delegated (CBG)
Applicant
Show
Agent
Eastern Tree Surgery Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 17 days from validation, 19 days faster than Cambridge's median of 36 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 95% of tree and landscaping works here are.

93%decided within 8 weeks
95%approved
449decided in the last year

Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by Cambridge in the last twelve months, from validation. Cambridge decision record →

Cambridge
Planning Authority Score
8.3/10
Excellent
#18 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

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%).

Among the fastest councils in England
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Cambridge decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
90%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #108 of 296
94%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #100 of 296
86%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #21 of 296
26%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #34 of 296
74%
Minor dwellings approved
86 decided (1-9 homes)
80%
Major dwellings approved
5 decided (10+ homes)
80%
Change of use approved
41 decided
1,014
Total decisions
100 refused in the year to March 2026