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3 Richmond Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 3PP

17/043/TTCAWorks to CA treesApproved

Approved on 7 March 2017

Council decision: Have No Objection ToDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1: Cherry - Top and fell to ground levelT2: Prunus - Reduce height by approx 3m to previous pruning pointsT3: Ash sapling - Fell to ground levelT4: Twin sycamore sapling - Fell to ground levelT5: Holly sapling - Fell to ground levelT6: Bay - Reduce height by approx 3m, trim sidesT7: Euonymous - Reduce all round be approx 1.5mT8: Magnolia - Crown thin by approx 15% removing weak and crossing growths, cut back upper crown over house by approx 1.5m, reshape crown, remove deadwood.

Received
26 January 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Castle
  1. Received26 Jan
  2. Validated26 Jan
  3. Consult.16 Feb
  4. Target9 Mar
  5. Decided7 Mar

Decided in 40 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 3 Richmond Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 3PP. Cambridge has handled 1,228 applications of this type. This one was decided in 40 days, 9 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 119 applications across Castle. 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 3PP
Application type
Works to CA trees
Scale / size
Small
District
Cambridge City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 January 2017
Consultation expiry
16 February 2017
Consultation end
16 February 2017
Neighbour consultation end
16 February 2017
Target decision date
9 March 2017
Decision issued
14 March 2017
Permission expires
14 March 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent
Eastern Tree Surgery
Agent address
Regent Farm 7 Heath Road Swaffham Prior CB25 0LA

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
9
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Castle And Victoria Road
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 30/1988Protected tree on or next to this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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