37 Millington Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9HW Data via plota.co.uk

26/0700/TTCA - Works to CA trees Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

Robinia - Reduce height by 3 -3.5m down to live growth and reduce spread on all sides by upto 1m to shape round remove deadwood Field Maple - Reduce spread of limb above car port by 1.5m and shape into remainder of canopy Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
9 Jul 2026
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Approved
18 Aug 2026

Approved on 18 Aug 2026 · Tree - Officer (SCDC) · Last checked 19 Aug 2026

Documents 4

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF DECISION NOTICE Application Decision Notice · 18 Aug 2026 View ↗

Application forms 2

PDF APPLICATION FORM - NO PERSONAL INFO Application Information · 9 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF FEE CALCULATION Application Information · 9 Jul 2026 View ↗

Other documents 1

PDF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER Application Officer Correspondence · 14 Jul 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 5

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 ↗
5 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: Gas Lamp Post Outside Number 36, Grade II, 20 m away · 5 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. 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 ↗
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
Green belt 17 m away: Cambridge; Inside the Cambridge (Cambridge) built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

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Important details

Council
Cambridge
Application type
Works to CA trees
Postcode
CB3 9HW
Received
9 Jul 2026
Validated
9 Jul 2026
Ward
Newnham
Case officer
Show
Target decision
20 Aug 2026
Decision
Have No Objection To
Decision date
18 Aug 2026
Decision level
Tree - Officer (SCDC)
Applicant
Show
Agent
Eastern Tree Surgery Ltd

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 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 →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 19 Aug 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
20 Aug 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%).

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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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