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Cambridge Technopark Newmarket Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB5 8PB

24/0912/TTPOWorks to TPO treesApproved

Approved on 4 November 2024

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 - Prunus - Multiple fruiting bodies. Pruning wounds on stem appear to have become root pockets. Reduce tree to 50% to suitable growth points. T2 - Norway Maple - Tree appears in terminal decline. Large diameter deadwood throughout. High target area. Remove tree to ground level. T5 - Lime - Lift canopy to 3m all round. T7 - Norway Maple - Remove epicormic growth on trunk. Cut to clear building by 1.5m. Lift canopy to 3m all round. T10 - Oak species - Lift canopy to 3m. T12 - Oak species - Lift over car parking space to approx 3m. T16 - Oak species - Lift over path to 2.5m. Remove large dead limb over highway. T19 - Norway Maple - Reduce crown to clear adjacent building by approx 3m. T20 - Oak species - Lift branches off Bike Shed before damage is caused.

Received
21 August 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Abbey
Agent
The Joshua Tree (Suffolk) Ltd
  1. Received21 Aug
  2. Validated21 Aug
  3. Consult.11 Sep
  4. Target16 Oct
  5. Decided4 Nov

Decided in 75 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Cambridge Technopark Newmarket Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB5 8PB. Cambridge has handled 1,228 applications of this type. This one was decided in 75 days, 4 weeks longer than Cambridge's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 131 applications across Abbey. We hold 537 applications in total for the CB5 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
CB5 8PB
Application type
Works to TPO trees
Scale / size
Small
District
Cambridge City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 August 2024
Last date for comments
11 September 2024
Target decision date
16 October 2024
Permission expires
4 November 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
The Joshua Tree (Suffolk) Ltd
Agent address
Half Acre Lodge Kenny Hill IP28 8DT

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
7
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 24/2006Protected tree on or next to this site · +1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation 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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© 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.

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