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Sports Grounds At Rear Of 9 - 18 Sedley Taylor Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 8PW

23/0479/TTPOWorks to TPO treesApproved

Approved on 7 July 2023

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

AT5 (TPO T7) ~ NORWAY MAPLE ~ raise low crown to 4ms over playing field, rear of 9 Sedley Tayor Rd AT9 (TPO T13 ~ NORWAY MAPLE ~ raise low crown to 4ms over playing field, rear corner of 11 Sedley Taylor Rd AT10 (TPO T15) ~ SYCAMORE ~ raise low crown to 4ms over playing field, rear of 12 Sedley Taylor Rd AT15 (TPO T20) ~ LIME ~ raise low crown to 4ms over playing field, rear corner of 13 Sedley Taylor Rd AT21 (TPO T26) ~ NORWAY MAPLE ~ (16ms high and previously reduced 2018) in response to extent of damage on rear stem. Reduce height on all stems by 2.5 to 3ms to leave at approximately 13ms to further lessen effects of exposure to wind forces, rear of 16 Sedley Taylor Rd AT22 (TPO T27) ~ LIME ~ raise low crown over playing fields, consisting mainly of removal of large basal growths, rear of 16 Sedley Taylor Rd AT27 (TPO T31) ~ SYCAMORE ~ reduce lateral limbs all round by 3ms to alleviate end weight of leaning canopy and lessen canopy overhang to rear garden of 18 Sedley Taylor Road,

Received
16 May 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Queen Ediths
Agent
Acacia Tree Surgery Ltd
  1. Received16 May
  2. Validated17 May
  3. Consult.1 Jun
  4. Target12 Jul
  5. Decided7 Jul

Decided in 51 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Sports Grounds At Rear Of 9 - 18 Sedley Taylor Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 8PW. Cambridge has handled 1,228 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 3 days longer than Cambridge's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 141 applications across Queen Ediths. We hold 680 applications in total for the CB2 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
CB2 8PW
Application type
Works to TPO trees
Scale / size
Small
District
Cambridge City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 May 2023
Consultation expiry
1 June 2023
Neighbour consultation end
1 June 2023
Last date for comments
1 June 2023
Target decision date
12 July 2023
Permission expires
7 July 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Acacia Tree Surgery Ltd
Agent address
63 Winfold Road Waterbeach CB25 9PR

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
8
Constraints
18

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 04/2002Protected tree on or next to this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

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