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18 Maids Causeway Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB5 8DA

23/0974/TTCAWorks to CA treesApproved

Approved on 9 October 2023

Council decision: Have No Objection ToDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1- Silver Birch- remove 2 x secondary limbs in top crown now breaking away from hollowed central stem, reduce remaining crown by 1m. To reduce the risk of failure and maintain in its current location.

Received
29 August 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Market
  1. Received29 Aug
  2. Validated29 Aug
  3. Consult.14 Sep
  4. Target10 Oct
  5. Decided9 Oct

Decided in 41 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 18 Maids Causeway Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB5 8DA. Cambridge has handled 1,228 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days, 8 days quicker than Cambridge's typical decision time. The site is in the The Kite conservation area, with 10 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 8DA
Application type
Works to CA trees
Scale / size
Small
District
Cambridge City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 August 2023
Consultation expiry
14 September 2023
Neighbour consultation end
14 September 2023
Target decision date
10 October 2023
Permission expires
9 October 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Oakes and Watson
Agent address
17 West End Haddenham Ely CB6 3TD

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
6
Constraints
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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

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