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2 Seabys Yard Richmond Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 3PT

24/0786/TTCAWorks to CA treesRefused

Refused on 2 September 2024

Council decision: Object ToDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 - Ash - Crown reductions, Approx.3m of side and Approx. 6m off the top of the Crown ( Photo of proposed works attached)

Received
24 July 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Castle
Agent
Legge Services limited - Trading as Greenland
  1. Received24 Jul
  2. Validated24 Jul
  3. Consult.8 Aug
  4. Target4 Sep
  5. Decided2 Sep

Decided in 40 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 2 Seabys Yard Richmond Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 3PT. Cambridge has handled 1,228 applications of this type. This one was decided in 40 days, 9 days quicker than Cambridge's typical decision time. 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 119 applications across Castle. 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 3PT
Application type
Works to CA trees
Scale / size
Small
District
Cambridge City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 July 2024
Last date for comments
8 August 2024
Target decision date
4 September 2024
Permission expires
2 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Legge Services limited - Trading as Greenland
Agent address
39 woodpecker way Trumpington Cambridge CB2 9FB United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
7
Constraints
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Castle And Victoria Road
  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO/31/2024Protected tree on or next to this site
  • 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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