Corpus Christi College Masters Garden Trumpington Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1RH Data via plota.co.uk

25/1471/TTCA - Works to CA trees Approved

Proposal

10 PREVIOUSLY POLLARDED LIMES x 8m av - Carry out bi annual repollarding, equating to reduction of 1m of regrowth to leave at approximately 6.5 to 7m tall Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
22 Dec 2025
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Approved
20 Jan 2026

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

Site constraints 9

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 ↗
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 ↗
73 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: Corpus Christi College, the Buildings Surrounding the Old and New Courts Including the Master's Lodge, Grade I, 11 m away · 7 Grade I, 2 Grade II*, 64 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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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 262 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.
Also on the record
Registered park or garden 160 m away: King's College; Tree preservation order 16 m away: Corpus Christi College, Trumpington Street; Inside the Cambridge (Cambridge) built-up area; National infrastructure project 1469 m away: East West Rail - Bedford to Cambridge and Western improvements, at pre-application.
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.

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Important details

Council
Cambridge
Application type
Works to CA trees
Postcode
CB2 1RH
Received
22 Dec 2025
Validated
22 Dec 2025
Ward
Market
Case officer
Show
Target decision
2 Feb 2026
Decision
Have No Objection To
Decision date
20 Jan 2026
Decision level
Tree - Officer (SCDC)
Applicant
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Agent
Acacia Tree Surgery Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 29 days from validation, 7 days faster than Cambridge's median of 36 for tree and landscaping works. 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 3 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
2 Feb 2026
Env. assessment
No
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