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Land Adjacent 4 Portugal Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB5 8AP

23/0245/TTCAWorks to CA treesApproved

Approved on 3 October 2024

Council decision: Have No Objection ToDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

T1: Sweet Bay - Reduce lower part of crown by approximately 1.5m to allow light from the adjacent street lamp to illuminate the footpath. Reduce crown on house side to clear side of building by approximately 1.5m

Received
2 March 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Market
  1. Received2 Mar
  2. Validated2 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target13 Apr
  5. Decided3 Oct

Decided in 581 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Land Adjacent 4 Portugal Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB5 8AP. Cambridge has handled 1,228 applications of this type. This one was decided in 581 days, 76 weeks longer than Cambridge's typical decision time. The site is in the Central conservation area, with 12 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 207 applications across Market. 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 8AP
Application type
Works to CA trees
Scale / size
Small
District
Cambridge City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 March 2023
Target decision date
13 April 2023
Permission expires
3 October 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Eastern Tree Surgery
Agent address
7 Heath Road Swaffham Prior Swaffham Prior Cambridge CB25 0LA

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
6
Constraints
16

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: Historic Core
  • Listed building: Grade II: 16-18, Portugal PlaceOn or next to this site
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 17/2006Protected tree on or next to this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, 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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