Homerton Court 239 Hills Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 8RS Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
T1: Silver Birch - Reduce height by 3m and reduce sides by 1.5m Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 25 Nov 2025 · Tree - Officer (SCDC) · Last checked 10 Oct 2026
Documents 5
Decision & officer reports 1
Application forms 2
Consultation & comments 1
Site constraints 3
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 TPO trees
- Postcode
- CB2 8RS
- Received
- 16 Oct 2025
- Validated
- 16 Oct 2025
- Ward
- Queen Ediths
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 11 Dec 2025
- Decision
- Granted Permission
- Decision date
- 25 Nov 2025
- Decision level
- Tree - Officer (SCDC)
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- The Joshua Tree (Suffolk) Ltd
- Freehold owner
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 40 days from validation, 4 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 →
Public comments
No public comments yet.
10 neighbours consulted · Last counted 10 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Statutory expiry
- 11 Dec 2025
- 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%).
Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use
Freehold owner: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.
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