Churchill College Storeys Way Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0DS
Approved on 9 September 2025
Council decision: Have No Objection ToDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Willow tree - reduce crown by 18m to leave pollard stump at 1.5m above ground level.
- Received
- 8 August 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Cambridge City Council
- Ward
- Castle
- Agent
- Acacia Tree Surgery Ltd
- ReceivedReceived8 Aug
- ValidatedValidated8 Aug
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date19 Sep
- DecidedDecided9 Sep
Decided in 32 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a tree application at Churchill College Storeys Way Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0DS. Cambridge has handled 1,228 applications of this type. This one was decided in 32 days, 2 weeks quicker than Cambridge's typical decision time. The site is in the Storey's Way conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 19 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 0DS
- Application type
- Works to CA trees
- Scale / size
- Small
- District
- Cambridge City Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 8 August 2025
- Target decision date
- 19 September 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Acacia Tree Surgery Ltd
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 5
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Storey's Way+1 more
- Tree Preservation Order: Ref 11/1991Next to the site · +1 more
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)
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Planning history at this site
19 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202627 Oct
T151 - Morus nigra - Prune back on the North and West side of the tree to give 2m clearance from the covered…
PendingApplication26/1249/TTCA - 202619 Oct
Malus 'Lady Northcliff' tree tag number 349 - Crown lift the tree to 2.5m - 3m to protect the tree from…
PendingWorks to CA trees26/1203/TTCA - 202619 Oct
Quercus robur tree tag number 64 - Crown lift the tree to 2m on the North, South and West side. This is to…
PendingWorks to TPO trees26/1199/TTPO - 202610 Sep
Submission of details required by conditions 6 (Detail Flooring), 7 (Detail Door Joinery), 8 (Window Details)…
PendingDischarge of conditions25/04998/CONDA - 202613 Jul
Tree tag number 20, Platanus x hispanica Lift the branches growing over the path to a height of 2m
ApprovedWorks to CA trees26/0715/TTCA - 202613 Jul
Tree number 66 Platanus x hispanica Tree number 68 Platanus x hispanica Tree number 70 Platanus x hispanica…
ApprovedWorks to TPO trees26/0716/TTPO - 202610 Jul
Tree number 489 Laburnum anagyroides Fell tree and grind out stump
PendingWorks to CA trees26/0712/TTCA - 202610 Jul
Tree number 362 Betula pendula and tree number 363 Betula pendula Fell both trees and grind out both stump
PendingWorks to CA trees26/0714/TTCA - 202610 Jul
Aesculus hippocastanum Fell tree and grind out stump
PendingApplication26/0710/TTCA - 202610 Jul
Tree number 187 Quercus rubra Fell and grind out the stump
PendingWorks to CA trees26/0713/TTCA - 202610 Jul
Salix babylonica tree number 85 Crown reduction height by 6m and laterals by 5m to create a pollard framework.
PendingWorks to CA trees26/0711/TTCA - 202610 Jul
Robinia pseudocacia 'Umbraculifera' tree number 415 Fell and grind the stump out and replace with a like for…
ApprovedWorks to CA trees26/0709/TTCA - 202522 Dec
Asset and Decarbonisation strategy including replacement of Central Gas Boiler with Energy Plant…
ApprovedListed building consent25/04998/LBC - 202517 Sep
College tree number 100: Sorbus aria - This tree is just a bit further along from the willow and at the same…
ApprovedWorks to CA trees25/1005/TTCA - 202517 Sep
College tree number 175: Fraxinus angustifolia - Limb reduction. Phototropic limb at 6m on the north by…
ApprovedWorks to CA trees25/0997/TTCA - 202516 Sep
Ulmus x hollandica 'Vegeta' College tree numbers 448 and 449 to lift the small branches to 2 and 2.4m from…
ApprovedWorks to TPO trees25/0983/TTPO - 202512 Sep
Cercis siliquastrum fell tree and grind out its stump.
ApprovedWorks to CA trees25/0968/TTCA - 202322 Nov
After a professional tree survey of our entire site we wish to apply for a reduction to the following trees…
ApprovedWorks to CA trees23/1441/TTCA - 20232 Feb
Submission of details required by conditions 3 (surface water drainage), 4 (materials external surfaces)…
Discharge Condition in PartDischarge of conditions22/05072/CONDA
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