12 Magrath Avenue Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 3AH
Approved on 14 July 2025
Council decision: Have No Objection ToDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
T1 - Leaning Leylandii - Reduce in height by 3m and on the south-east side by 2m. T2 - Yew - Crown-raise to 1.5m, shape by reducing the branch length in parts of the crown by 1m.
- Received
- 2 June 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Cambridge City Council
- Ward
- West Chesterton
- Agent
- Richardson Tree Surgery Limited
- ReceivedReceived2 Jun
- ValidatedValidated2 Jun
- Consult.Consultation18 Jun
- TargetTarget Date14 Jul
- DecidedDecided14 Jul
Decided in 42 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a tree application at 12 Magrath Avenue Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 3AH. Cambridge has handled 1,228 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 7 days quicker than Cambridge's typical decision time. The site is in the Castle and Victoria Road conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 117 applications across West Chesterton. 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 3AH
- Application type
- Works to CA trees
- Scale / size
- Small
- District
- Cambridge City Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 2 June 2025
- Last date for comments
- 18 June 2025
- Target decision date
- 14 July 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Richardson Tree Surgery Limited
- Agent address
- Church Farm Cottage Low Road North Tuddenham Dereham NR203DQ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 6
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Castle And Victoria Road
- Tree Preservation Order: Ref 17/2012Protected 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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