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Street Record Benians Court Cambridge Cambridgeshire

24/0057/TTCAWorks to CA treesDecided

Decided on 28 March 2024

Council decision: Split decisionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

G01 - 20 x Leylandii, 3x Blackthorn, 60x Elm, Elder - Reduce height of rogue Ulmus glabra stems to match low hedge height. Reduce Cupressocyparis leylandii X to a finished height of 10m and trim sides. Crown lift to 2.4m for pedestrian clearance. T004, T006 - 2 x London Plane - Crown lift to 5.2m for highway clearance. T035 - Ash - Crown lift to 5.2m for highway clearance. T037 - English Elm - Fell dead stem. T038, T043, T047 - 3 X Elder - Fell Tree. T039, T040 - 2 x English Yew - Prune to clear building by 2m. T041 - English Yew - Fell Tree T042, T045, T046, T048, T050, T051, T052 - 7 x English Yew - Crown lift to 4m over car park. T049 - Apple - Crown lift to 4m over car park.

Received
10 January 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Castle
  1. Received10 Jan
  2. Validated31 Jan
  3. Consult.15 Feb
  4. Target13 Mar
  5. Decided28 Mar

Decided in 57 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Street Record Benians Court Cambridge Cambridgeshire. Cambridge has handled 1,228 applications of this type. The site is in the West Cambridge conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 119 applications across Castle.

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

Application type
Works to CA trees
Scale / size
Small
District
Cambridge City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 January 2024
Last date for comments
15 February 2024
Target decision date
13 March 2024
Permission expires
28 March 2026

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
10
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: West Cambridge
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 33/2017Part of the site · +2 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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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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