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25/1443/TTPO - Works to TPO trees Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

T1- Lime- crown raise over bike sheds to 2.5 meters to prevent damage to property. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
11 Dec 2025
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Validated
17 Dec 2025
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Approved
6 Feb 2026

Approved on 6 Feb 2026 · Tree - Officer (SCDC) · Last checked 3 Oct 2026

Documents 8

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF DECISION NOTICE Application Decision Notice · 6 Feb 2026 View ↗

Application forms 3

PDF EMAIL - CONFIRMATION OF OWNERSHIP Application Information · 17 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF APPLICATION FORM - NO PERSONAL INFO Application Information · 11 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF FEE CALCULATION Application Information · 11 Dec 2025 View ↗

Consultation & comments 1

PDF MAP OF NOTIFIED NEIGHBOURS Neighbour/Consultee Notification List · 29 Dec 2025 View ↗

Other documents 3

PDF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER Application Officer Correspondence · 29 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF INVALID LETTER Application Information · 17 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF INVALID LETTER Application Information · 17 Dec 2025 View ↗

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Site constraints 9

Grade II listed: Little Hall and Attached Lecture Theatre Block, Cambridge University
List entry 1126005 · The pin is inside its outline · 12 more listed buildings within 150 m (4 Grade II*, 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 ↗
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 ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Local nature reserve 290 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
Registered park or garden 192 m away: Queens' College; Inside the Cambridge (Cambridge) built-up area; Priority habitat 43 m away: Deciduous woodland; National infrastructure project 1942 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 TPO trees
Postcode
CB3 9DP
Received
11 Dec 2025
Validated
17 Dec 2025
Ward
Newnham
Case officer
Show
Target decision
11 Feb 2026
Decision
Granted Permission
Decision date
6 Feb 2026
Decision level
Tree - Officer (SCDC)
Applicant
Show
Agent
Oakes and Watson

How this decision compares

Decided in 51 days from validation, 15 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.

9 neighbours consulted · Last counted 3 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
11 Feb 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

27 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2018 Approved
Erection of two external lighting columns
18/1917/FUL
2018 Approved
Erection of two external lighting columns
18/1917/FUL
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved
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25/0794/TTCA
2025 Approved
11 Sidgwick Site, S48 Faculty Of Music West Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9DP
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25/0794/TTCA
2025 Approved
Sidgwick Site, Faculty Of History West Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9EF
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25/0474/TTCA
2025 Approved
Sidgwick Site, Faculty Of History West Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9EF
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2025 Approved
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2025 Approved
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2025 Approved
Sidgwick Site, Faculty Of History West Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9EF
Alteration, refurbishment and extension to the Stirling Building, including 2no. pavilion…
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2025 Approved
Sidgwick Site, Faculty Of History West Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9EF
Alteration, refurbishment and extension to the Stirling Building, including 2no. pavilion…
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2024 Approved
11 Sidgwick Site, S48 Faculty Of Music West Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9DP
Installation of 3 No. car park barriers (2 No. on West Rd and 1 No. on Sidgwick Ave).
24/04374/FUL
2024 Approved
11 Sidgwick Site, S48 Faculty Of Music West Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9DP
Installation of 3 No. car park barriers (2 No. on West Rd and 1 No. on Sidgwick Ave).
24/04374/FUL
2024 Approved
Kings College School West Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9DN
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2024 Approved
Kings College School West Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9DN
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2023 Approved
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2023 Approved
9 Sidgwick Site, S40 Faculty Of English West Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9DP
G1- 6 x Fastigiate Beech- crown lift to 3m in height removing 2m to clear footpath.
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2022 Approved
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2022 Approved
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(T1) Pine - remove to ground level (T2) Willow (Tag 0241) - re-pollard to previous reduct…
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2021 Approved
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(G1) 5x Lime Trees (Tag No. 0105, 0151, 0152, 0153, 0154) - re-pollard to previous pollar…
21/1420/TTCA
2021 Approved
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(G1) 5x Lime Trees (Tag No. 0105, 0151, 0152, 0153, 0154) - re-pollard to previous pollar…
21/1420/TTCA
2016 Approved
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16/541/TTCA
2016 Approved
S48 Faculty Of Music Sidgwick Site 11 West Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9DP
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16/307/TTCA
2016 Approved
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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