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25/0894/TTPO - Works to TPO trees Decided
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

T529 - SILVER BIRCH - prune to clear adj building by reducing tip end branches by 1.5ms and thin remaining crown by 20%. T535 HOLLY x 7ms high - fell - TREE LOCATION PLAN NO. 2 Reason - To improve light filtration to ajdacent Yew hedge. They are small specimens leaning towards light source: Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
7 Jul 2025
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Validated
21 Aug 2025
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Split decision
14 Oct 2025

Split decision on 14 Oct 2025 · Tree - Officer (SCDC) · Last checked 14 Oct 2026

Documents 11

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF DECISION NOTICE Application Decision Notice · 14 Oct 2025 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF FEES Application Information · 29 Aug 2025 View ↗

Consultation & comments 1

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

Other documents 8

PDF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER Application Officer Correspondence · 29 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF PHOTO Photographs · 29 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED Application Information · 29 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF PHOTO 529 Photographs · 29 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF CORRESPONDENCE-STATUS UPDATE Application Information · 29 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF INVALID LETTER Application Information · 29 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF CLARIFICATION ON TREE WORK Application Information · 29 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF EMAIL - CLARIFICATION ON TREE WORK Application Information · 29 Aug 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 7

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 ↗
Tree preservation order: Highsett Hills Road/Tenison Road
Consent is needed before work on protected trees.
Not every council has published its orders as open data, so no order shown is not proof there is none.
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 ↗
3 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: Highsett and Front Retaining Wall, Grade II, 23 m away · 3 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 120 m away: Botanic Garden, Cambridge; National infrastructure project 372 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 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.

Building

Floor area90 m² (969 sq ft)
Energy ratingD (65 out of 100), could reach C
PropertyEnd-terrace house, 4 habitable rooms
Built1950 to 1966
HeatingBoiler and radiators, mains gas
WallsCavity wall, filled cavity

From the energy performance certificate lodged in July 2017, 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 TPO trees
Postcode
CB2 1NZ
Received
7 Jul 2025
Validated
21 Aug 2025
Ward
Petersfield
Case officer
Show
Target decision
16 Oct 2025
Decision
Split decision
Decision date
14 Oct 2025
Decision level
Tree - Officer (SCDC)
Applicant
Show
Agent
Acacia Tree Surgery Ltd

Public comments

1comment received
1 objecting

11 neighbours consulted · Last counted 14 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
16 Oct 2025
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

2025 Approved
T482x 3ms high - Elm- Fell, T453 x 2.5ms high - Holly - Fell T457 x 3ms high - Holly - Fe…
25/0665/TTCA
2025 Approved
T482x 3ms high - Elm- Fell, T453 x 2.5ms high - Holly - Fell T457 x 3ms high - Holly - Fe…
25/0665/TTCA
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved
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2025 Approved
7 Eccleston Place Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 2FZ
T1 Plane - Reduce height of over-extended limb above house by 3-4m and reduce spread by 2…
25/1008/TTPO
2025 Approved
Highsett Hills Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1NX
T458 - Yew: raise crown to 3ms all round T487 - Holly: raise crown to 3ms all round Y1…
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2025 Approved
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T458 - Yew: raise crown to 3ms all round T487 - Holly: raise crown to 3ms all round Y1…
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2025 Approved
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2025 Approved
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2025 Approved
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2025 Approved
Felbrigge House 39 Hills Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1NF
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25/0741/TTCA
2025 Decided
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25/0499/TTPO
2025 Decided
7 Eccleston Place Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 2FZ
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2025 Decided
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2025 Decided
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2024 Approved
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2024 Approved
12 Lyndewode Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 2HL
T1 - Mop Headed Robinia x 3ms in height - Reduce overall by 0.5 to 1m leaving naturally s…
24/1336/TTCA
2024 Refused
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2024 Refused
7 Eccleston Place Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 2FZ
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T1 - Amur Cork Tree approx 12ms in height, in significant decline: top and fell as close…
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2024 Approved
63 Highsett Hills Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1NZ
T1 - Amur Cork Tree approx 12ms in height, in significant decline: top and fell as close…
24/0395/TTPO
2024 Approved
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2024 Approved
8 Lyndewode Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 2HL
T1 - Maple - Sooty Bark Disease - Reduce Height 12m, Southern canopy laterals, which are…
24/0509/TTCA
2018 Approved
4 Highsett Hills Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1NX
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2018 Approved
7 Eccleston Place Cambridge CB1 2FZ
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2018 Approved
7 Eccleston Place Cambridge CB1 2FZ
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2018 Approved
68 Highsett Hills Road Cambridge CB2 1NZ
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2018 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

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.