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17 And 18 Wordsworth Grove Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9HH

23/1071/TTPOWorks to TPO treesApproved

Approved on 19 January 2024

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T2 - Silver birch rear garden - Dismantle to near ground level. Leaning over the house. T3 - Silver birch rear garden - Reduce height and spread by approximately 1.5m to secondary growth points to create a smaller more compact size and shape for location. T4 Silver birch rear garden - Reduce height and spread by approximately 1.5m to secondary growth points to create a smaller more compact size and shape for location. T5 - Yew in neighbours garden - crown lift to 4m over garden only. Laterally reduce top growth by 1m to reduce over hang to garden. T6 - Yew rear garden - Reduce height and spread by 2m to secondary growth points to create a smaller more compact size and shape for location.

Received
14 September 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Newnham
  1. Received14 Sep
  2. Validated14 Sep
  3. Consult.29 Sep
  4. Target9 Nov
  5. Decided19 Jan

Decided in 127 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 17 And 18 Wordsworth Grove Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9HH. Cambridge has handled 1,228 applications of this type. This one was decided in 127 days, 11 weeks longer than Cambridge's typical decision time. The site is in the West Cambridge conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 188 applications across Newnham. We hold 690 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 9HH
Application type
Works to TPO trees
Scale / size
Small
District
Cambridge City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 September 2023
Consultation expiry
29 September 2023
Neighbour consultation end
29 September 2023
Last date for comments
29 September 2023
Target decision date
9 November 2023
Permission expires
19 January 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
7
Constraints
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: West Cambridge
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 23/1988Part of the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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