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Street Record Lady Margaret Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0BJ

24/0047/TTPOWorks to TPO treesWithdrawn

Withdrawn on 30 June 2025

Council decision: ClosedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

G04 20x Mixed Species-Crown lift to 5.2 m for highway clearance G05 40x Mixed Species-Crown Lift to 4m over car park T005 Prunus-Crown lift to 2.4m for pedestrian clearance Prune to clear building/bikeshed by 2m T006 Elder-Fell Tree as poor condition suppressed specimens T007 Common Holly-Prune to clear building by 2m fell stems nearest bikeshed to leave largest stems closest to chainlink fence T008 Plum-Fell Tree as poor condition suppressed specimens T009 False Acacia-Fell Tree as poor condition suppressed specimens T010 False Acacia-Fell Sambucus nigra (Elder) growing around stem T013 Blackthorn-Prune to clear building/bikeshed by 2m T016 Elm-Prune to clear building/bikeshed by 2m Crown lift to 2.4m for pedestrian/mower clearance T020 Common Walnut-Crown lift to 2.4m for pedestrian/mower clearance T027 English Yew-Prune to clear building & fence by 2m T028 Elder-Crown lift to 2.4m for pedestrian clearance T029 Common Ash-Crown lift to 2.4m for pedestrian clearance. Crown lift to 5.2 m for highway clearance T032 Blackthorn-Crown lift to 5.2 m for highway clearance. Prune to clear building by 2m T033 Prunus-Crown lift to 5.2 m for highway clearance. Prune to clear building by 2m T035 Common Walnut-Crown lift to 5.2 m for highway clearance Prune to clear lines by 1m. Prune to clear building by 2m T040 Horse Chestnut-Crown Lift to 4m over car park T049 Common Holly-Prune to clear building by 1m. Prune to clear lines by 1m T050 English Yew-Prune to clear building & bikeshed by 2m T051 Common Walnut-Prune to clear lines by 1m T052 English Yew-Remove limb closest to bikeshed with missing bark T053 Norway Maple-Prune to clear lines by 1m. Prune to clear building by 2m T055 Common Walnut-Prune to clear pole & lines by 1m T080 Common Holly-Fell Tree, due to stem decay and associated decay fungi T081 Elder-Fell Tree, due to stem decay and poor condition T083 Western Red-Remove failed & hung up dead branch over car park at 3m on north western aspect. Crown Lift to 4m ove...

Received
10 January 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Castle
  1. Received10 Jan
  2. Validated11 Jan
  3. Consult.26 Jan
  4. Target7 Mar
  5. Decided30 Jun

Decided in 536 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Street Record Lady Margaret Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0BJ. Cambridge has handled 1,228 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 537 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in the West Cambridge conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 119 applications across Castle. We hold 690 applications in total for the CB3 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
CB3 0BJ
Application type
Works to TPO trees
Scale / size
Small
District
Cambridge City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 January 2024
Last date for comments
26 January 2024
Target decision date
7 March 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
John O'Conner GM
Agent address
2 Great North Road Welwyn AL6 0PL

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
6
Constraints
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: West Cambridge+1 more
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 37/1988Part of the site · +1 more
  • 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

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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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