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56 William Smith Close Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 3QF

25/0832/TTPOWorks to TPO treesApproved

Approved on 14 October 2025

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

T11 - Acacia - Reduce back to previous points, approximately 3m, all round

Received
13 August 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Romsey
Agent
The Joshua Tree (Suffolk) Ltd
  1. Received13 Aug
  2. Validated26 Aug
  3. Consult.12 Sep
  4. Target21 Oct
  5. Decided14 Oct

Decided in 49 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 56 William Smith Close Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 3QF. Cambridge has handled 1,228 applications of this type. This one was decided in 62 days, 13 days longer than Cambridge's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 102 applications across Romsey. 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 3QF
Application type
Works to TPO trees
Scale / size
Small
District
Cambridge City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 August 2025
Last date for comments
12 September 2025
Target decision date
21 October 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
The Joshua Tree (Suffolk) Ltd
Agent address
Half Acre Lodge Half Acre Drove Kenny Hill IP28 8DT

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Mill RoadPart of the site
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 10/2017Protected 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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