Tesco Cheddars Lane Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB5 8LD

22/0704/TTPOWorks to TPO treesApproved

Approved on 31 August 2022

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Cut back encroaching London Plane branches away from the neighbouring flats by 1-2m as per the red line site plan enclosed. Small mixed species trees that are directly growing next to the fence line will be section felled to 50mm from ground level to prevent future encroachment.

Received: 27 June 2022
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Cambridge City Council
Ward: Abbey
Agent: Ground Control ltd

ReceivedReceived27 Jun
ValidatedValidated27 Jun
Consult.Consultation14 Jul
TargetTarget Date22 Aug
DecidedDecided31 Aug

Decided in 65 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Tesco Cheddars Lane Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB5 8LD. Cambridge has handled 1,228 applications of this type. This one was decided in 65 days, 2 weeks longer than Cambridge's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 9 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 131 applications across Abbey. We hold 537 applications in total for the CB5 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: CB5 8LD
Application type: Works to TPO trees
Scale / size: Small
District: Cambridge City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 27 June 2022
Consultation expiry: 14 July 2022
Neighbour consultation end: 14 July 2022
Last date for comments: 14 July 2022
Target decision date: 22 August 2022
Permission expires: 31 August 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent: Ground Control ltd
Agent address: Kingfisher House Radford Way Billericay CM12 0EQ undefined

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Documents: 8
Constraints: 21

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: RiversidePart of the site
Listed building: Grade II: Cambridge Gas Company War MemorialOn this site · +1 more
Article 4 direction: The Wrestlers Public HouseNext to the site
Tree Preservation Order: Ref 44/2018Protected tree on or next to this site
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, 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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