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27 Maids Causeway Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB5 8DE

23/1178/TTCAWorks to CA treesApproved

Approved on 28 March 2024

Council decision: Have No Objection ToDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

G1- 13 x Cotoneaster- oversized, causing pathway obstruction and damage to metal railings, remove to ground level and grind out ready to replant. G2- 3 x Cherries- reduce and shape removing 1.5m to maintain in their current location. T3- Magnolia grandiflora- reduce in height by 2m to maintain in its current location. T4- Magnolia grandiflora- remove due to overcrowding. T5- Olive- reduce in height by 2m and shape removing 0.5m to maintain in its current location.

Received
4 October 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Market
  1. Received4 Oct
  2. Validated4 Oct
  3. Consult.19 Oct
  4. Target15 Nov
  5. Decided28 Mar

Decided in 176 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 27 Maids Causeway Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB5 8DE. Cambridge has handled 1,228 applications of this type. This one was decided in 176 days, 18 weeks longer than Cambridge's typical decision time. The site is in the Riverside and Stourbridge Common conservation area, with 7 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 8DE
Application type
Works to CA trees
Scale / size
Small
District
Cambridge City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 October 2023
Consultation expiry
19 October 2023
Neighbour consultation end
19 October 2023
Last date for comments
19 October 2023
Target decision date
15 November 2023
Permission expires
28 March 2026

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
7
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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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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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