The Colony Chesterton Lane Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 3AA
Approved on 12 April 2024
Council decision: Have No Objection ToDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
T411 Sycamore - Exposed sap wood on main stem at 3m AGL around 70% of stem, increasing risk of breakage at this point. Remove tree. T414 Sycamore - Moderate dead wood at risk of collapse on to roof below. Ivy in crown adding to load and sail area. Remove moderate dead wood and clear Ivy from base and crown of tree. Remove basal stem less than 20cm from adjacent wall before damage occurs. T445 False Acacia - Large bark wound at base (probable vehicle damage) with vertical rack in sapwood. Bark damage to upper part of buttress root on opposite side. Stem leaning above drive. Remove largest stem of bifurcation at approximately 12m AGL to mitigate defects at base of tree. Continue to inspect base of tree for changes in conditions.
- Received
- 21 February 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Cambridge City Council
- Ward
- West Chesterton
- ReceivedReceived21 Feb
- ValidatedValidated21 Feb
- Consult.Consultation12 Mar
- TargetTarget Date3 Apr
- DecidedDecided12 Apr
Decided in 51 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a tree application at The Colony Chesterton Lane Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 3AA. Cambridge has handled 1,228 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days. The site is in the Castle and Victoria Road conservation area, with 11 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 117 applications across West Chesterton. We hold 1,501 applications in total for the CB4 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
- CB4 3AA
- Application type
- Works to CA trees
- Scale / size
- Small
- District
- Cambridge City Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 21 February 2024
- Last date for comments
- 12 March 2024
- Target decision date
- 3 April 2024
- Permission expires
- 12 April 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Eastern Tree Surgery
- Agent address
- 7 Heath Road Swaffham Prior Cambridge CB25 0LA
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 13
- Constraints
- 8
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Castle And Victoria Road
- Listed building: Grade II: Caretaker'S House in the Grounds of County Hall and About Fifty Yards to the SouthOn this site · +4 more
- Tree Preservation Order: Ref 16/2007Protected tree on or next to this site · +1 more
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (20)
flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, green belt, 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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