Wilbury Latham Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 7EG
Approved on 3 April 2024
Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Austrian Pine (G001)- Crown lift to 2.5m To improve light levels in the garden and improve access to garden Yew x 2 (G002) Remove trees to near ground level. Two poor quality trees growing very close to the garage Pendunculate oak (T001)- Crown lift to 2.5m To improve light levels in the garden and improve access to garden Pendunculate oak (T002) Remove ivy for re-inspection Horse chestnut (T003) Remove ivy for re-inspection, Crown lift to 2.5m To improve light levels in the garden and improve access to garden Horse chestnut (T004) Remove ivy for re-inspection, Crown lift to 2.5m To improve light levels in the garden and improve access to garden Lime (T005) Remove ivy for re-inspection, Crown lift to 2.5m To improve light levels in the garden and improve access to garden Pendunculate oak (T006) Remove tree to near ground level. Very poor vitality tree with extensive deadwood throughout the crown Ash (T007) Remove tree to near ground level - Very poor vitality tree with extensive deadwood throughout the crown (possible ash dieback), tree is targeting road and footpath Cedar (T008) Crown lift to 2.5m. To improve light levels in the garden and improve access to garden Horse chestnut (T009) Remove ivy for re-inspection, Crown lift to 4.5m - To improve light levels in the garden and improve access to garden Sycamore (T010)- Remove tree to near ground level - Poor quality tree Cedar (T011)- Crown lift to 2.5m - To improve light levels in the garden and improve access to garden Pine (T012) Remove tree to near ground level - Dead tree Pine (T013) Crown lift to 2.5m To improve light levels in the garden and improve access to garden Horse chestnut (T014) Crown lift to 2.5m To improve light levels in the garden and improve access
- Received
- 20 December 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Cambridge City Council
- Ward
- Trumpington
- Agent
- Mercer Tree Services Ltd
- ReceivedReceived20 Dec
- ValidatedValidated2 Jan
- Consult.Consultation16 Jan
- TargetTarget Date27 Feb
- DecidedDecided3 Apr
Decided in 92 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a tree application at Wilbury Latham Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 7EG. Cambridge has handled 1,228 applications of this type. This one was decided in 105 days, 8 weeks longer than Cambridge's typical decision time. The site is in the Southacre conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 76 applications across Trumpington. We hold 680 applications in total for the CB2 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
- CB2 7EG
- Application type
- Works to TPO trees
- Scale / size
- Small
- District
- Cambridge City Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 2 January 2024
- Last date for comments
- 16 January 2024
- Target decision date
- 27 February 2024
- Permission expires
- 3 April 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Mercer Tree Services Ltd
- Agent address
- 10 Petlands Saffron Walden CB10 1XF
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 9
- Constraints
- 9
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Southacre
- Tree Preservation Order: Ref 02/1976Part of the site
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)
flood storage areas, 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.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
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