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Sidney Sussex College Sidney Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 3HU

25/1127/TTPOWorks to TPO treesApproved

Approved on 25 November 2025

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

3 trees T1 Cypress, T2 Magnolia, T3 Holly propose to remove the trees and replant.

Received
8 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Market
  1. Received8 Oct
  2. Validated8 Oct
  3. Consult.27 Oct
  4. Target3 Dec
  5. Decided25 Nov

Decided in 48 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Sidney Sussex College Sidney Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 3HU. Cambridge has handled 1,228 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days. The site is in the Central conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 207 applications across Market. 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 3HU
Application type
Works to TPO trees
Scale / size
Small
District
Cambridge City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 October 2025
Last date for comments
27 October 2025
Target decision date
3 December 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Historic Core
  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO/32/2023Protected 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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