3 Gwydir Cottages Gwydir Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 2LH
Approved on 19 February 2024
Council decision: Have No Objection ToDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
T1 Group of three Leyland Cypress - Remove all. (Too big for site) T2 Shrubs and climbers - Trim sides with hedge cutter by approximately 1m T3 Magnolia - Crown reduce by 1.5 - 2m to remove die back and try to encourage new growth T4 Mixed (Honeysuckle, Lilac, Ivy, Holly) - reduce height to approximately 3m AGL to allow more light to garden T5 Beech - crown reduce by 2.5 - 3m to allow light to property
- Received
- 19 December 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Cambridge City Council
- Ward
- Petersfield
- ReceivedReceived19 Dec
- ValidatedValidated19 Dec
- Consult.Consultation8 Jan
- TargetTarget Date30 Jan
- DecidedDecided19 Feb
Decided in 62 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a tree application at 3 Gwydir Cottages Gwydir Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 2LH. Cambridge has handled 1,228 applications of this type. This one was decided in 62 days, 13 days longer than Cambridge's typical decision time. The site is in the Mill Road conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 156 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 2LH
- Application type
- Works to CA trees
- Scale / size
- Small
- District
- Cambridge City Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 19 December 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 8 January 2024
- Neighbour consultation end
- 8 January 2024
- Last date for comments
- 8 January 2024
- Target decision date
- 30 January 2024
- Permission expires
- 19 February 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Eastern Tree Surgery
- Agent address
- 7 Heath Road Swaffham Prior Swaffham Prior Cambridge CB25 0LA
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 9
- Constraints
- 11
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Mill Road
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)
flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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.
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