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5 Montague Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 1BU

23/1105/TTPOWorks to TPO treesRefused

Refused on 23 November 2023

Council decision: Refused PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

(T1) Elm - Fell due to the tree having die back in the upper half of the crown as a result of Dutch Elms Disease infection.

Received
20 September 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
West Chesterton
Agent
Richardson Tree Surgery Limited
  1. Received20 Sep
  2. Validated20 Sep
  3. Consult.9 Oct
  4. Target15 Nov
  5. Decided23 Nov

Decided in 64 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 5 Montague Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 1BU. Cambridge has handled 1,228 applications of this type. This one was decided in 64 days, 2 weeks longer than Cambridge's typical decision time. The site is in the De Freville conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 117 applications across West Chesterton. We hold 1,501 applications in total for the CB4 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
CB4 1BU
Application type
Works to TPO trees
Scale / size
Small
District
Cambridge City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 September 2023
Consultation expiry
9 October 2023
Neighbour consultation end
9 October 2023
Last date for comments
9 October 2023
Target decision date
15 November 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Richardson Tree Surgery Limited
Agent address
Church Farm Cottage Low Road North Tuddenham Dereham NR203DQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
8
Constraints
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: De Freville
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 05/2003Part of the site · +1 more
  • 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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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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

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