Homerton College Hills Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 8PH

25/1120/TTPOWorks to TPO treesApproved

Approved on 25 November 2025

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

T211 - Ailanthus altissima: - Reduce crown, height and branch length, by approx 3m - pruning back to lateral branch unions and cut size not to exceed 80mm in diameter.

Received: 7 October 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Cambridge City Council
Ward: Queen Ediths
Agent: Mercer Tree Services Ltd

ReceivedReceived7 Oct
ValidatedValidated7 Oct
Consult.Consultation27 Oct
TargetTarget Date2 Dec
DecidedDecided25 Nov

Decided in 49 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Homerton College Hills Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 8PH. Cambridge has handled 1,228 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 141 applications across Queen Ediths. 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 8PH
Application type: Works to TPO trees
Scale / size: Small
District: Cambridge City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 7 October 2025
Last date for comments: 27 October 2025
Target decision date: 2 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent: Mercer Tree Services Ltd
Agent address: 10 Petlands Saffron Walden CB10 1XF

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Documents: 8

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Tree Preservation Order: Ref 24/2018
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation 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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Source: Cambridge

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