17 Madingley Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0EG
Approved on 3 October 2024
Council decision: Have No Objection ToDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
T1 - Walnut x 9ms high - Raise crown to 4ms all round to clear driveway. T7 - YEW x 6ms high - Reduce height by 2ms and laterals by 1m. T35 - Magnolia x 6ms high - Reduce height by 1m back to previous pruning points and cut back from house by 1m, to leave tree at 5ms high. T39 - Holm Oak x 12ms high - remove low stem hanging over drive to ensure vehicular clearance. T18 and T19 - Purple Leaf Plums - Remove. T21 - Oak - Remove. G1 - Row consisting of Elder, Sorbus, Plum, Spindle x avg. 5ms - cut back approx 1m to edge of pathway and up to full heights to clear path. G2 - Row consisting of Cypress, Yew, Hazel, Bay, Pillar Apple - raise crowns to 4ms.
- Received
- 2 September 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Cambridge City Council
- Ward
- Newnham
- Agent
- Acacia Tree Surgery Ltd
- ReceivedReceived2 Sep
- ValidatedValidated2 Sep
- Consult.Consultation18 Sep
- TargetTarget Date14 Oct
- DecidedDecided3 Oct
Decided in 31 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a tree application at 17 Madingley Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0EG. Cambridge has handled 1,228 applications of this type. This one was decided in 31 days, 3 weeks quicker than Cambridge's typical decision time. The site is in the West Cambridge conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded 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 0EG
- Application type
- Works to CA trees
- Scale / size
- Small
- District
- Cambridge City Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 2 September 2024
- Last date for comments
- 18 September 2024
- Target decision date
- 14 October 2024
- Permission expires
- 3 October 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Acacia Tree Surgery Ltd
- Agent address
- 63 Winfold Road Waterbeach CB25 9PR
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 16
- Constraints
- 8
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: West Cambridge
- Tree Preservation Order: Ref 08/1978Protected 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.
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