19 Brookside Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1JE Data via plota.co.uk

25/1261/TTPO - Works to TPO trees Decided
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

Cedar Lebanon tree no.8 reduce lowest southwest side lateral branch by 4m. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
5 Nov 2025
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Split decision
29 Jan 2026

Split decision on 29 Jan 2026 · Tree - Delegated (CBG) · Last checked 8 Oct 2026

Documents 11

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF DECISION NOTICE Application Decision Notice · 29 Jan 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 1

PDF ARBORICULTURAL REPORT Application Information · 5 Nov 2025 View ↗

Plans & drawings 1

PDF CEDAR REDUCTION PLANS Photographs · 5 Nov 2025 View ↗

Application forms 2

PDF APPLICATION FORM - NO PERSONAL INFO Application Information · 5 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF FEE CALCULATION Application Information · 5 Nov 2025 View ↗

Consultation & comments 1

PDF MAP OF NOTIFIED NEIGHBOURS Neighbour/Consultee Notification List · 11 Nov 2025 View ↗

Other documents 5

IMG CLIMBING INSP FURTHER PIC1 Photographs · 2 Feb 2026 View ↗ IMG NORTHWEST SIDE FURTHER PIC2 Photographs · 2 Feb 2026 View ↗ IMG SOUTH SIDE FURTHER PIC3 Photographs · 2 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER Application Officer Correspondence · 11 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF ATTACHMENT SUMMARY FROM PORTAL Attachment Summary · 5 Nov 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 10

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 ↗
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 ↗
15 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: Bridge Over Hobson's Brook Opposite Pemberton Terrace, Grade II, 22 m away · 1 Grade II*, 14 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.
Local nature reserve 237 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.
Scheduled monument 131 m away: Hobson's Conduit
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.
Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Registered park or garden 197 m away: Botanic Garden, Cambridge; Tree preservation order 14 m away: Brookside; National infrastructure project 954 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

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 area1,247 m² (13,423 sq ft)
Energy ratingC (asset rating 67)
UseD1 Non-residential Institutions - Education
HeatingHeating and Natural Ventilation

From the energy performance certificate lodged in June 2020, 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 1JE
Received
5 Nov 2025
Validated
5 Nov 2025
Ward
Market
Case officer
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Target decision
16 Jan 2026
Decision
Split decision
Decision date
29 Jan 2026
Decision level
Tree - Delegated (CBG)
Applicant
Show

Public comments

No public comments yet.

5 neighbours consulted · Last counted 8 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
31 Dec 2025
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2023 Approved
T1 Cedar - Crown reduce north side by 4.5m (upper crown only). Crown reduce east side by…
23/0732/TTPO
2023 Approved
T1 Cedar - Crown reduce north side by 4.5m (upper crown only). Crown reduce east side by…
23/0732/TTPO
2023 Approved
Apple tree in playground behind 19 Brookside. The tree is dead and removal has been advis…
23/0097/TTCA
2023 Approved
Apple tree in playground behind 19 Brookside. The tree is dead and removal has been advis…
23/0097/TTCA
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved
Brookside Cambridge Cambridgeshire
T27 Beech - Fell. Reasons: Tree in terminal decline, substantially decayed basal area and…
25/0510/TTPO
2025 Approved
Brookside Cambridge Cambridgeshire
T27 Beech - Fell. Reasons: Tree in terminal decline, substantially decayed basal area and…
25/0510/TTPO
2025 Approved
The Bursar Freemasons Hall Bateman Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1NA
T14 - Robinia - Crown reduce north and south sides by 1 metre. T18 - Holm oak - Reshape b…
25/0413/TTPO
2025 Approved
The Bursar Freemasons Hall Bateman Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1NA
T14 - Robinia - Crown reduce north and south sides by 1 metre. T18 - Holm oak - Reshape b…
25/0413/TTPO
2025 Approved
Freemasons Hall Bateman Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1NA
T2 - Crab Apple - Cut back side to clear building by 0.5 metres.
25/0379/TTCA
2025 Approved
Freemasons Hall Bateman Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1NA
T2 - Crab Apple - Cut back side to clear building by 0.5 metres.
25/0379/TTCA
2023 Approved
6 St Eligius Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1HX
T1 Robinia - fell due to a large section of the tree having died. T2 Yew - reduce by 3m…
23/0016/TTCA
2023 Approved
6 St Eligius Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1HX
T1 Robinia - fell due to a large section of the tree having died. T2 Yew - reduce by 3m…
23/0016/TTCA
2024 Approved
Bellerbys College South Wing Queens Campus Bateman Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1LU
T.2 Robinia - Crown reduce height by 3M and lateral growth by 2M (back to previous) to al…
24/0836/TTPO
2024 Approved
Bellerbys College South Wing Queens Campus Bateman Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1LU
T.2 Robinia - Crown reduce height by 3M and lateral growth by 2M (back to previous) to al…
24/0836/TTPO
2024 Refused
12 Brookside Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1JE
T1: Lime tree - Crown reduce by 2m to maintain the tree at no more that its current size…
24/0339/TTPO
2024 Refused
12 Brookside Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1JE
T1: Lime tree - Crown reduce by 2m to maintain the tree at no more that its current size…
24/0339/TTPO
2024 Approved
12 Brookside Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1JE
T2: Prunus tree - Re-reduce the crown by removing the re-growth from the upper crown, rem…
24/0356/TTCA
2024 Approved
12 Brookside Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1JE
T2: Prunus tree - Re-reduce the crown by removing the re-growth from the upper crown, rem…
24/0356/TTCA
2023 Approved
15 Brookside Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1JE
Replacement of a single storey outbuilding with a single storey accessible ancillary gard…
23/04758/FUL
2023 Approved
15 Brookside Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1JE
Replacement of a single storey outbuilding with a single storey accessible ancillary gard…
23/04758/FUL
2023 Approved
Freemasons Hall Bateman Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1NA
Installation of internal secondary glazing to all windows.
23/04338/LBC
2023 Approved
Freemasons Hall Bateman Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1NA
Installation of internal secondary glazing to all windows.
23/04338/LBC
2023 Approved
15 Brookside Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1JE
Insertion of rooflight to rear elevation of existing main roof to 15 Brookside.
23/03402/HFUL
2023 Approved
15 Brookside Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1JE
Insertion of rooflight to rear elevation of existing main roof to 15 Brookside.
23/03402/HFUL
2016 Approved
Mander Portman Woodward 3 - 4 Brookside Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1JE
T1: Triple stemmed Acacia - Crown lift by approx. 4m, trim back canopy over the school to…
16/371/TTPO
2016 Approved
4 Pemberton Terrace Cambridge CB2 1JA
Proposed loft conversion and internal alterations.
16/1524/FUL
2016 Approved
4 Pemberton Terrace Cambridge CB2 1JA
Proposed loft conversion and internal alterations.
16/1524/FUL
2016 Approved
21 Brookside Cambridge CB2 1JQ
Removal of existing basement window, opening made taller and insertion of new frameless g…
16/0885/FUL
2016 Approved
21 Brookside Cambridge CB2 1JQ
Removal of existing basement window, opening made taller and insertion of new frameless g…
16/0885/FUL
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
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
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

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.