Buckingham Court Magdalene College Magdalene Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire
Approved on 5 December 2025
Council decision: Have No Objection ToDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
T1 - Indian Bean (Main stem split) - Tree pollarded as an emergency to avoid collapse. Remove rest of tree T2 - 2 x Birch - Crown reduce to clear building by 2m. Shorten branches on house side by 1.5 - 2m Crown lift to 5m above ground level to allow light into gardens T3 - Hornbeam - Crown reduce to clear building to south only, by up to 2m. Shorten branches by approximately 2m
- Received
- 31 October 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Cambridge City Council
- Ward
- West Chesterton
- ReceivedReceived31 Oct
- ValidatedValidated31 Oct
- Consult.Consultation18 Nov
- TargetTarget Date12 Dec
- DecidedDecided5 Dec
Decided in 35 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a tree application at Buckingham Court Magdalene College Magdalene Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire. Cambridge has handled 1,228 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 days, 2 weeks quicker than Cambridge's typical decision time. The site is in the Central conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 117 applications across West Chesterton. 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 0AG
- Application type
- Works to CA trees
- Scale / size
- Small
- District
- Cambridge City Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 31 October 2025
- Last date for comments
- 18 November 2025
- Target decision date
- 12 December 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Eastern Tree Surgery
- Agent address
- 7 Heath Road Swaffham Prior Swaffham Prior Cambridge CB25 0LA
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 11
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Historic Core
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)
flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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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