Blackfriars Buckingham Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0DD Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
T1 - BEECH (The tree is approximately 20ms tall with a crown spread at its widest (upper crown) of 8ms. Left hand canopy is 5ms wide as other side is suppressed by adjacent tree, being only 3ms wide. The left canopy is significantly overhanging and touching the adjacent roof.) - Work proposal is to prune back upper laterals by 2 to 2.5ms on building side to provide building clearance of 2 to 2.5ms, leaving those laterals at approximately 6ms long. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Under consideration
No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 26 Nov 2026, from Cambridge's recent tree and landscaping works.
Documents 10
Application forms 2
Consultation & comments 1
Other documents 7
Site constraints 5
Show all 5 with distances
- 40 mMurray Edwards College (formerly New Hall)Grade II*
- 80 mKerbstones to Pool in Courtyard to West of Hall, New HallGrade II*
- 86 mChapel of St Edmund's House (Roman Catholic)Grade II
- 125 mStorey's AlmshousesGrade II
- 143 mStorey's AlmshousesGrade II
Checked on 27 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England 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
From the energy performance certificate lodged in November 2018, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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Important details
Decision outlook
Day 8 of the 56-day target. Cambridge usually decides tree and landscaping works by day 36.
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.
1 neighbour consulted · Last counted 27 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Statutory expiry
- 16 Dec 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
43 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Previous applications at this address
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
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.
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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