1 Brookside Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1JE Data via plota.co.uk

25/0691/TTCA - Works to CA trees Approved

Proposal

T1 - Fagus sylvatica - Purpurea - Crown lift up to 5m from GL over informal road (up to 15cm diameter wood) T2 - Cornus capitata - Fell to ground level, dead. T3 - Quercus castanaeifolia - Crown lift by up to 3m from GL (up to 12.5cm diameter wood) G1 - Alnus, Acer, Ostraya sp'ss - Crown lift over path by up to 2.5m from GL (up to 12.5cm diameter wood) G2 - Betula utilis subsp jaquemontii x1 & B - Fetisowii x2 - Crown lift up to 2.5m from GL (up to 10cm diameter wood) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
10 Jul 2025
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Approved
7 Aug 2025

Approved on 7 Aug 2025 · Tree - Officer (SCDC) · Last checked 15 Oct 2026

Site constraints 8

Grade II listed: 1, Brookside
List entry 1331836 · The pin is inside its outline · 4 more listed buildings within 150 m (4 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 ↗
Registered park or garden: Botanic Garden, Cambridge
Nationally designated heritage. Its significance and setting carry great weight.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
New Town And Glisson Road 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 ↗
Local nature reserve 121 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.
Also on the record
Priority habitat 6 m away: Deciduous woodland; National infrastructure project 827 m away: East West Rail - Bedford to Cambridge and Western improvements, at pre-application; Inside the Cambridge (Cambridge) built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 1 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.

Building

Floor area122 m² (1,313 sq ft)
Energy ratingA (asset rating 15)
UseD1 Non-residential Institutions - Education
HeatingHeating and Natural Ventilation

From the energy performance certificate lodged in June 2015, 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
CB2 1JE
Received
10 Jul 2025
Validated
10 Jul 2025
Ward
Petersfield
Case officer
Show
Target decision
21 Aug 2025
Decision
Have No Objection To
Decision date
7 Aug 2025
Decision level
Tree - Officer (SCDC)
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 28 days from validation, 8 days faster 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.

1 neighbour consulted · Last counted 15 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
21 Aug 2025
Env. assessment
No
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

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.