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18 Benson Street Cambridge CB4 3QJ

18/164/TTCAWorks to CA treesApproved

Approved on 10 May 2018

Council decision: Have No Objection ToDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

1. Yew on right hand side - reduce height by 2m, crown reduce sides by approximately 1m and remove all overhang2. Plum on right hand side- remove overhanging stem and retain sucker3. Laburnum - remove dead stems4. Yew further from house - reduce from adjacent house to give 1.5m clearance and reduce height by approximately 2m

Received
16 April 2018
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Castle
Agent
Eastern Landscape Service Limited
  1. Received16 Apr
  2. Validated16 Apr
  3. Consult.3 May
  4. Target28 May
  5. Decided10 May

Decided in 24 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 18 Benson Street Cambridge CB4 3QJ. Cambridge has handled 1,228 applications of this type. This one was decided in 24 days, 4 weeks quicker than Cambridge's typical decision time. The site is in the Castle and Victoria Road conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application 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 3QJ
Application type
Works to CA trees
Scale / size
Small
District
Cambridge City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 April 2018
Consultation expiry
3 May 2018
Neighbour consultation end
3 May 2018
Target decision date
28 May 2018
Decision issued
23 May 2018
Permission expires
23 May 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent
Eastern Landscape Service Limited
Agent address
27 High Street Cottenham CB24 8SA UK

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
8
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

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

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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