Murray Edwards College Huntingdon Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0DF
Approved on 30 October 2025
Council decision: Have No Objection ToDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
5 DAYS NOTICE - T72 - Mature Lime x15ms high with severe basal decay from Ustilina leaning towards adjacent to busy internal pathway within college lawns - due to condition and high target area - Remove
- Received
- 13 June 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Cambridge City Council
- Ward
- Castle
- Agent
- Acacia Tree Surgery Ltd
- ReceivedReceived13 Jun
- ValidatedValidated13 Jun
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date18 Jun
- DecidedDecided30 Oct
Decided in 139 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a tree application at Murray Edwards College Huntingdon Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0DF. Cambridge has handled 1,228 applications of this type. This one was decided in 139 days, 13 weeks longer than Cambridge's typical decision time. The site is in the West Cambridge conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 119 applications across Castle. 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 0DF
- Application type
- Works to CA trees
- Scale / size
- Small
- District
- Cambridge City Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 13 June 2025
- Target decision date
- 18 June 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Acacia Tree Surgery Ltd
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 5 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 5
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: West Cambridge+1 more
- Listed building: Grade II*: Kerbstones to Pool in Courtyard to West of Hall, New HallOn this site · +1 more
- Tree Preservation Order: Ref 06/1987Part of the site · +5 more
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)
flood storage areas, 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.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202626 Aug
T1 - HORSE CHESTNUT X 18MS TALL - Reduce subsiding limb at 14ms overhanging road by 2.5ms and reduce 1 lowest…
ApprovedWorks to TPO trees26/0928/TTPO - 202626 Mar
Installation of new heat pump condensing unit to the roof of Grade II* Listed Murray Edwards College in…
PendingListed building consent26/01201/LBC - 202419 Jan
T87, T88, T89 - 3 BEECH to prune to laterally clear adjacent building by 2ms to accommodate scaffolding…
Split decisionWorks to TPO trees24/0094/TTPO
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