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5 Benson Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 3QJ

17/466/TTCAWorks to CA treesApproved

Approved on 31 January 2018

Council decision: Have No Objection ToDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Robinia - Prune by approx. 2m in height and 1-2m on sides.

Received
22 December 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Castle
  1. Received22 Dec
  2. Validated22 Dec
  3. Consult.26 Jan
  4. Target2 Feb
  5. Decided31 Jan

Decided in 40 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 5 Benson Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 3QJ. 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 has been 1 other application 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 3QJ
Application type
Works to CA trees
Scale / size
Small
District
Cambridge City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 December 2017
Consultation expiry
26 January 2018
Consultation end
26 January 2018
Neighbour consultation end
26 January 2018
Last date for comments
26 January 2018
Target decision date
2 February 2018
Decision issued
6 February 2018
Permission expires
6 February 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent
All Area Trees & Landscapes
Agent address
19 Sunningdale Fen Road Cambridge CB4 1UN

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
9
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.

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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2017
    8 Nov

    Reduce Hight by approx 2m and sides by 1-2m of one Robinia

    ApprovedWorks to CA trees17/561/TTCA

Source: Cambridge

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