4 The Terrace St Peters Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0BE Data via plota.co.uk

25/0946/TTCA - Works to CA trees Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

T3 - Pear (approx 9ms) - Cut back overhanging canopy to fence line, being a reduction of 2ms. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
9 Sept 2025
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Validated
11 Sept 2025
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Approved
14 Oct 2025

Approved on 14 Oct 2025 · Tree - Delegated (CBG) · Last checked 12 Oct 2026

Documents 8

Decision & officer reports 1

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

Application forms 3

PDF EMAIL -OWNERSHIP CONFIRMATION Application Information · 16 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF APPLICATION FORM - NO PERSONAL INFO Application Information · 9 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF FEE CALCULATION Application Information · 9 Sept 2025 View ↗

Consultation & comments 1

PDF MAP OF NOTIFIED NEIGHBOURS Neighbour/Consultee Notification List · 17 Sept 2025 View ↗

Other documents 3

PDF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER Application Officer Correspondence · 16 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF INVALID LETTER Application Information · 11 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF T3 PEAR PHOTO Photographs · 9 Sept 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 6

Castle And Victoria 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 ↗
Scheduled monument 95 m away: Cambridge Castle mound
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 ↗
25 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: With Attached Workshop Range and Front Railings, Grade II, 19 m away · 4 Grade II*, 21 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 ↗
Registered park or garden 102 m away: St John's College
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
Also on the record
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 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
CB3 0BE
Received
9 Sept 2025
Validated
11 Sept 2025
Ward
Castle
Case officer
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Target decision
23 Oct 2025
Decision
Have No Objection To
Decision date
14 Oct 2025
Decision level
Tree - Delegated (CBG)
Applicant
Show
Agent
Acacia Tree Surgery Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 33 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.

1 neighbour consulted · Last counted 12 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
23 Oct 2025
Env. assessment
No

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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%).

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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

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