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Highsett Hills Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire

23/1247/TTCAWorks to CA treesApproved

Approved on 28 November 2023

Council decision: Have No Objection ToDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

T 514 Horse Chestnut prune to clear garages by 2ms T 526 Apple pollard at 2.2ms T 539 Plum reduce back from car park by 2ms reduce lateral growth overhang to 31 Tenison Rd by 1.5ms to boundary T 541 Plum reduce regrowth back to previous pruning points being a reduction of 2ms, raise crown to 2.5m reduce laterals by 1.5ms

Received
17 October 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Petersfield
Agent
Acacia Tree Surgery Ltd
  1. Received17 Oct
  2. Validated19 Oct
  3. Consult.8 Nov
  4. Target30 Nov
  5. Decided28 Nov

Decided in 40 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Highsett Hills Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire. Cambridge has handled 1,228 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 7 days quicker than Cambridge's typical decision time. The site is in the New Town and Glisson Road conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 157 applications across Petersfield. We hold 1,406 applications in total for the CB1 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
CB1 2DX
Application type
Works to CA trees
Scale / size
Small
District
Cambridge City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 October 2023
Last date for comments
8 November 2023
Target decision date
30 November 2023
Permission expires
28 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Acacia Tree Surgery Ltd
Agent address
63 Winfold Road Waterbeach CB25 9PR

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
14
Constraints
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: New Town And Glisson Road
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 23/1990Protected tree on or next to this 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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