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70 Canterbury Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 3QF

17/323/TTCAWorks to CA treesDecided

Decided on 30 August 2017

Council decision: Split decisionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

1: Elder (dead) - fell to ground level2: Row of Cypress - reduce height down to previous reduction points, trim on both sides.3: Robinia - Crown reduce height by approx. 3-4m, crown reduce spread by approx. 3-4m, shape and balance

Received
24 July 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Castle
  1. Received24 Jul
  2. Validated24 Jul
  3. Consult.10 Aug
  4. Target4 Sep
  5. Decided30 Aug

Decided in 37 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 70 Canterbury Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 3QF. Cambridge has handled 1,228 applications of this type. The site is in the Castle and Victoria Road conservation area. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 119 applications across Castle. We hold 1,498 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 3QF
Application type
Works to CA trees
Scale / size
Small
District
Cambridge City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 July 2017
Consultation expiry
10 August 2017
Consultation end
10 August 2017
Neighbour consultation end
10 August 2017
Last date for comments
10 August 2017
Target decision date
4 September 2017
Decision issued
5 September 2017
Permission expires
5 September 2019

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
6
Constraints
5

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 16/2017Protected 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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