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21 Cockburn Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 3NB

23/0170/TTPOWorks to TPO treesApproved

Approved on 17 April 2023

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

T1 Silver Birch - Shorten lower lateral branches over neighbouring property by 2.5m Complaints have been made to management company about low branches overhanging gardens and believing the tree to be unbalanced.

Received
13 February 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Romsey
  1. Received13 Feb
  2. Validated13 Feb
  3. Consult.28 Feb
  4. Target10 Apr
  5. Decided17 Apr

Decided in 63 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 21 Cockburn Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 3NB. Cambridge has handled 1,228 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 2 weeks longer than Cambridge's typical decision time. The site is in the Mill Road conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 102 applications across Romsey. We hold 1,406 applications in total for the CB1 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
CB1 3NB
Application type
Works to TPO trees
Scale / size
Small
District
Cambridge City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 February 2023
Consultation expiry
28 February 2023
Neighbour consultation end
28 February 2023
Last date for comments
28 February 2023
Target decision date
10 April 2023
Permission expires
17 April 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Town & Country Tree Surgery
Agent address
47 Malletts Road Cambridge CB1 9EZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
8
Constraints
10

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: Mill Road
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 12/2014Protected 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

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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