Sports Grounds At Rear Of 9 - 18 Sedley Taylor Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 8PW
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)
- Council
- Cambridge City Council
- Ward
- Queen Ediths
- Agent
- Acacia Tree Surgery Ltd
- ReceivedReceived16 May
- ValidatedValidated17 May
- Consult.Consultation1 Jun
- TargetTarget Date12 Jul
- DecidedDecided7 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
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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