St Matthews Primary School Norfolk Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 2LD Data via plota.co.uk

25/1065/TTCA - Works to CA trees Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

T57: Box Elder - Re-pollard tree by 3 metres back to previous pruning points Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
29 Sept 2025
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Validated
7 Oct 2025
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Approved
14 Nov 2025

Approved on 14 Nov 2025 · Tree - Delegated (CBG) · Last checked 10 Oct 2026

Documents 6

Decision & officer reports 1

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

Application forms 2

PDF APPLICATION FORM - NO PERSONAL INFO Application Information · 29 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF FEE CALCULATION Application Information · 29 Sept 2025 View ↗

Consultation & comments 1

PDF EMAIL FROM AGENT RE REVISED TREE WORKS Agent / Applicant Comments · 7 Oct 2025 View ↗

Other documents 2

PDF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER Application Officer Correspondence · 8 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF INVALID LETTER Application Information · 3 Oct 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 7

Mill 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 ↗
Protected tree 8 m away: St Matthew's County Primary School, order 12/1983
11 protected trees within 15 m. Named in a tree preservation order: work to it, its roots included, needs the council's consent first.
Root protection areas reach up to 15 m from a large tree, so an extension or new foundations this close usually needs a tree survey. Only some councils publish their single trees, and a position can be approximate: the order at the council is the definitive record, and no tree shown is not proof there is none.
Show all 11 trees with distances
Tree record ↗
Also on the record
3 listed buildings within 150 m; Registered park or garden 224 m away: Mill Road Cemetery; National infrastructure project 703 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 area1,481 m² (15,941 sq ft)
Energy ratingA (asset rating 25)
UseD1 Non-residential Institutions - Education
HeatingHeating and Mechanical Ventilation

From the energy performance certificate lodged in August 2013, 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 CA trees
Postcode
CB1 2LD
Received
29 Sept 2025
Validated
7 Oct 2025
Ward
Petersfield
Case officer
Show
Target decision
18 Nov 2025
Decision
Have No Objection To
Decision date
14 Nov 2025
Decision level
Tree - Delegated (CBG)
Applicant
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Agent
Mercer Tree Services Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 38 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.

Last counted 10 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
18 Nov 2025
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

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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.