St Matthews Centre Sturton Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 2QF
Refused on 1 July 2025
Council decision: Refused PermissionPlanning committee
Proposal
T1, T2 & T3 London Plane - Remove (fell) to ground level and treat stumps to prevent regrowth. Reason: Clay shrinkage subsidence damage at 193 Sturton Street, CB1 2QH
- Received
- 1 May 2025
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Council
- Cambridge City Council
- Ward
- Petersfield
- Agent
- MWA Arboriculture Ltd
- ReceivedReceived1 May
- ValidatedValidated1 May
- Consult.Consultation19 May
- TargetTarget Date26 Jun
- DecidedDecided1 Jul
Decided in 61 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a tree application at St Matthews Centre Sturton Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 2QF. Cambridge has handled 1,228 applications of this type. This one was decided in 61 days, 12 days longer than Cambridge's typical decision time. The site is in the Mill Road conservation area. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 156 applications across Petersfield. We hold 1,406 applications in total for the CB1 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
- CB1 2QF
- Application type
- Works to TPO trees
- Scale / size
- Small
- District
- Cambridge City Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 1 May 2025
- Last date for comments
- 19 May 2025
- Target decision date
- 26 June 2025
- Committee meeting
- 25 June 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- MWA Arboriculture Ltd
- Agent address
- Unit 8 Stephenson House Horsley Business Centre Horsley NE15 0NY
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 48
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Mill Road
- Tree Preservation Order: Ref 04/2005Protected 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
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.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202629 Jun
T6 London Plane- Crown lift to 1-2m above ground level T9 London Plane- To clear sign by approx. 1.5m T12…
ApprovedWorks to TPO trees26/0658/TTPO - 202523 Jan
T6 - London Plane - Crown raise over path by 1-2m T10 - London Plane - Crown raise by approx 1m - so sign can…
ApprovedWorks to TPO trees25/0081/TTPO - 202330 Jan
T1 London Plane of the Crawford's Addendum Report - Arboricultural Recommendations Works: Remove (fell) to…
RefusedWorks to TPO trees23/0119/TTPO
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