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Winston House 19 Brooklands Avenue Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 8BG

25/0506/TTCAWorks to CA treesApproved

Approved on 4 July 2025

Council decision: Have No Objection ToDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 - Plum - Prune to clear adjacent building by 2ms and roof by 2ms. T2 - Yew - Prune to clear adjacent building by 2ms and clear root by 2ms. Remove lower deadwood. T4 - Consists of various species (Holly, Laurel, Yew, Beech, Sycamore) along driveway - Cutting back general canopy overhang from all trees to kerb edge being an average reduction of 1 to 1.5ms and raising limbs above to 4.5ms. Reason - To ensure clearance for high side and particularly emergency vehicles, as requested in a recent fire survey from Cambridgeshire fire service.

Received
21 May 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Petersfield
Agent
Acacia Tree Surgery Ltd
  1. Received21 May
  2. Validated11 Jun
  3. Consult.25 Jun
  4. Target23 Jul
  5. Decided4 Jul

Decided in 23 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Winston House 19 Brooklands Avenue Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 8BG. Cambridge has handled 1,228 applications of this type. This one was decided in 44 days, 5 days quicker than Cambridge's typical decision time. The site is in the Brooklands Avenue conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 157 applications across Petersfield. We hold 680 applications in total for the CB2 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
CB2 8BG
Application type
Works to CA trees
Scale / size
Small
District
Cambridge City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 June 2025
Last date for comments
25 June 2025
Target decision date
23 July 2025

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
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Brooklands Avenue+1 more
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 16/1991Next to the site
  • Registered park and garden: Botanic Garden, CambridgeNext to the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, 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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