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Clare College, Memorial Court Queens Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9AJ

24/0252/TTCAWorks to CA treesApproved

Approved on 12 April 2024

Council decision: Have No Objection ToDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T198 Crab Apple - Dead parts of stem and branch structure at risk of collapse on to Burrell's Walk. Remove tree T202 Bird Cherry - Major dead wood / stem, risk of collapse. Remove tree T203 Bird Cherry - Major dead wood / stem, risk of collapse. Remove tree T235 Judas Tree - Large stem towards drive at risk of collapse. Reduce largest stem growing towards drive to leave the smaller sub branch. Reduce the stem growing towards the lamp head to establish a clearance of 1m T283 Leyland Cypress - Compaction fork running up from base of tree to approximately 6m. Risk of entire stem splitting in strong winds. Queens Road and entire parking area within falling distance. Remove tree

Received
21 February 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Newnham
  1. Received21 Feb
  2. Validated21 Feb
  3. Consult.12 Mar
  4. Target3 Apr
  5. Decided12 Apr

Decided in 51 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Clare College, Memorial Court Queens Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9AJ. Cambridge has handled 1,228 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days. The site is in the West Cambridge conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 188 applications across Newnham. 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 9AJ
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
8
Constraints
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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