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37 Holbrook Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 7SX

23/1393/TTPOWorks to TPO treesApproved

Approved on 15 December 2023

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1- Pine- reduce crown spread by 2.5 meters and reduce in height by 1.5 meters to maintain in its current location.

Received
10 November 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Queen Ediths
  1. Received10 Nov
  2. Validated10 Nov
  3. Consult.29 Nov
  4. Target5 Jan
  5. Decided15 Dec

Decided in 35 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 37 Holbrook Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 7SX. Cambridge has handled 1,228 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 days, 2 weeks quicker than Cambridge's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 141 applications across Queen Ediths. 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 7SX
Application type
Works to TPO trees
Scale / size
Small
District
Cambridge City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 November 2023
Consultation expiry
29 November 2023
Neighbour consultation end
29 November 2023
Last date for comments
29 November 2023
Target decision date
5 January 2024
Permission expires
15 December 2025

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
7
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 20/2002Protected tree on or next to this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation 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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