20 Clare Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 3BY
Proposal
T1 - PURPLE LEAF PLUM x 10m high, reduce back to previous pruning points equating to a height reduction of 1m and laterals by 1.5m to leave tree at finished height of 8m, thin remaining crown by 10% by mainly removing inner epicormic growths. T2 - SYCAMORE x 12m, reduce back to previous pruning points equating to height reduction of 1.5m, leaving finished height of 10.5m and thin remaining crown by 10%. T3 - SILVER BIRCH x 14m, cut back laterals overhanging neighbouring property by up to 2.5m back to boundary and up to a height of approximately 6/8m to improve light to their garden.
- Received
- 4 June 2024
- Decided
- 29 July 2024 · Have No Objection To
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Cambridge City Council
- Ward
- West Chesterton
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- ReceivedReceived4 Jun
- ValidatedValidated4 Jun
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date16 Jul
- DecidedDecided29 Jul
Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)
This is a tree application at 20 Clare Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 3BY. Cambridge has handled 1,228 applications of this type and approves 94% of them, typically deciding them in 43 days. This one was decided in 55 days, 12 days longer than Cambridge's median. The site is in the Castle and Victoria Road conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 122 applications across West Chesterton. We hold 1,481 applications in total for the CB4 postcode area.
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- Conservation area: Castle And Victoria Road
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)
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