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The Rectory 1A Summerfield Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9HE

23/0706/TTCAWorks to CA treesApproved

Approved on 29 September 2023

Council decision: Have No Objection ToDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T4. Holly - Crown lift over footpath to 2.2m T5. Yew - Reduce height by 2m to compensate for decay at base, also crown lift over footpath to 2.2m, clear road sign and reduce on roadside by approximately 0.5m, remove deadwood. T6. Ash - Remove dead ivy. Crown lift over road to 5m. T7. Hazel - Remove deadwood and suckers, crown lift to 3.5m T11. Ash - Crown lift over road to 5m and cut down Plum sucker at base, remove dead ivy. T12. Sycamore - Remove ivy, crown lift to 5m over road T16. Yew - Remove major deadwood, prune to clear fence by 0.5m. Crown lift over footpath to 2.2m T17. Holly - Prune from fence to give 0.5m clearance T19. Euonymus japonica - Fell and grind stump T20. Laurel - Remove dead spurs at rear (fence side T21. Holly - Prune to clear building by 2m. T25. Hazel - Coppice at base. T36. Yew - Remove bulk of deadwood and prune canopy back to boundary wall by 2-2.5m T38. Bay - Remove ivy, reduce height to 5m, prune to eliminate overhang to Alms House garden (approximately 2m reduction) T39. Holly - Remove ivy, prune to edge of drive, reduce overhang into Alms House garden by 1m

Received
7 July 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Newnham
Agent
Eastern Landscape Service Limited
  1. Received7 Jul
  2. Validated7 Jul
  3. Consult.25 Jul
  4. Target18 Aug
  5. Decided29 Sep

Decided in 84 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Rectory 1A Summerfield Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9HE. Cambridge has handled 1,228 applications of this type. This one was decided in 84 days, 5 weeks longer than Cambridge's typical decision time. The site is in the West Cambridge conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 188 applications across Newnham. We hold 687 applications in total for the CB3 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
CB3 9HE
Application type
Works to CA trees
Scale / size
Small
District
Cambridge City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 July 2023
Last date for comments
25 July 2023
Target decision date
18 August 2023
Permission expires
29 September 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Eastern Landscape Service Limited
Agent address
27 High Street Cottenham CB24 8SA

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
10
Constraints
19

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: West Cambridge
  • Listed building: Grade II: Perse AlmshousesOn or next to this site
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 20/1990Protected 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.

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