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25/1467/TTCA - Works to CA trees Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

T67: Apple - Fell (as part of garden changes) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
18 Dec 2025
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Approved
20 Jan 2026

Approved on 20 Jan 2026 · Tree - Officer (SCDC) · Last checked 3 Oct 2026

Documents 5

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF DECISION NOTICE Application Decision Notice · 20 Jan 2026 View ↗

Application forms 2

PDF APPLICATION FORM - NO PERSONAL INFO Application Information · 18 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF FEE CALCULATION Application Information · 18 Dec 2025 View ↗

Consultation & comments 1

PDF MAP OF NOTIFIED NEIGHBOURS Neighbour/Consultee Notification List · 23 Dec 2025 View ↗

Other documents 1

PDF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER Application Officer Correspondence · 23 Dec 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 14

Flood zone 2, rivers and sea
Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Historic Core 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 ↗
Local nature reserve 39 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.
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.
13 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: Mogford Lodge, Grade II, 37 m away · 12 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 ↗
Also on the record
Registered park or garden 106 m away: Queens' College; Nature recovery project: Cambridge Core Area; Flood defence 27 m away (natural high ground, designed for a 1 in 100 year flood); Inside the Cambridge (Cambridge) built-up area; Green belt 29 m away: Cambridge; National infrastructure project 1665 m away: East West Rail - Bedford to Cambridge and Western improvements, at pre-application; Priority habitat 39 m away: Lowland fens; Open access land 39 m away: Access Land - Combined Open Country, Registered Common Land and Section 16 Dedicated Land.
Not affected
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 9EX
Received
18 Dec 2025
Validated
18 Dec 2025
Ward
Newnham
Case officer
Show
Target decision
29 Jan 2026
Decision
Have No Objection To
Decision date
20 Jan 2026
Decision level
Tree - Officer (SCDC)
Applicant
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Agent
Eastern Tree Surgery

How this decision compares

Decided in 33 days from validation, about the council's usual 36 days. 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.

6 neighbours consulted · Last counted 3 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
29 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%).

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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