Church Rate Corner Malting Lane Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9HF Data via plota.co.uk

25/1391/TTCA - Works to CA trees Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

T1 and T2: Yew x2 - Fell. Replace with two deciduous trees: definitely a walnut and probably an apple. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
1 Dec 2025
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Validated
5 Dec 2025
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Approved
15 Jan 2026

Approved on 15 Jan 2026 · Tree - Delegated (CBG) · Last checked 3 Oct 2026

Documents 10

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF DECISION NOTICE Application Decision Notice · 15 Jan 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 1

PDF EMAIL FROM APPLICANT RE REVISED TREE LOCATION PLAN Agent / Applicant Comments · 5 Dec 2025 View ↗

Application forms 3

PDF REPLACEMENT CONFIRMATION Completion Certificate · 25 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF APPLICATION FORM - NO PERSONAL INFO Application Information · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF FEE CALCULATION Application Information · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗

Consultation & comments 1

PDF MAP OF NOTIFIED NEIGHBOURS Neighbour/Consultee Notification List · 5 Dec 2025 View ↗

Other documents 4

PDF INVALID LETTER Application Information · 5 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER Application Officer Correspondence · 5 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF DISTORTED STRAWBERRY TREE WITH T1 AND T2 IN THE BACKGROUND Photographs · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF TREE WORKS Application Information · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 9

Grade II listed: Church Rate Corner
List entry 1126032 · The pin is inside its outline · 8 more listed buildings within 150 m (8 Grade II)
Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
West Cambridge 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 ↗
In flood zones plus climate change
Inside the extent flood zones 2 and 3 could reach with climate change: the Central allowance for the 2080s on rivers, the Upper End allowance for sea level rise to 2125. From rivers. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Councils use it to decide when a flood risk assessment and the sequential test are needed. It is indicative and does not show whether a particular property will flood.
Flood map ↗
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 ↗
Local nature reserve 134 m away: Sheep's Green and Coe Fen
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Registered park or garden 208 m away: Queens' College; Inside the Cambridge (Cambridge) built-up area; National infrastructure project 1706 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 2 November 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.

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Important details

Council
Cambridge
Application type
Works to CA trees
Postcode
CB3 9HF
Received
1 Dec 2025
Validated
5 Dec 2025
Ward
Newnham
Case officer
Show
Target decision
16 Jan 2026
Decision
Have No Objection To
Decision date
15 Jan 2026
Decision level
Tree - Delegated (CBG)
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 41 days from validation, 5 days slower than Cambridge's median of 36 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 96% of tree and landscaping works here are.

94%decided within 8 weeks
96%approved
662decided 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 →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

22 neighbours consulted · Last counted 3 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
16 Jan 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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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
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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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

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