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171 Victoria Road Cambridge CB4 3BU

16/424/TTCAWorks to CA treesApproved

Approved on 29 November 2016

Council decision: Have No Objection ToDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Cherry tree, front garden. Pruning: approximately 2 metres reduction in height and approximately half a metre reduction from the sides, leaving the tree 3-4 metres high.

Received
17 October 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Arbury
  1. Received17 Oct
  2. Validated17 Oct
  3. Consult.3 Nov
  4. Target28 Nov
  5. Decided29 Nov

Decided in 43 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 171 Victoria Road Cambridge CB4 3BU. Cambridge has handled 1,228 applications of this type. This one was decided in 43 days, 6 days quicker than Cambridge's typical decision time. The site is in the Castle and Victoria Road conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 82 applications across Arbury. We hold 1,501 applications in total for the CB4 postcode area.

94% of trees applications at Cambridge City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
CB4 3BU
Application type
Works to CA trees
Scale / size
Small
District
Cambridge City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 October 2016
Consultation expiry
3 November 2016
Neighbour consultation end
3 November 2016
Target decision date
28 November 2016
Decision issued
1 December 2016
Permission expires
1 December 2018

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
11
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Castle And Victoria Road
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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