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59 Maids Causeway Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB5 8DE

25/1292/TTCAWorks to CA treesApproved

Approved on 16 December 2025

Council decision: Have No Objection ToDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

A: Fig (current height 5.8m) - Proposed crown reduction by 1.5m (decrease height of tree and aid wind resistance) B: Amelanchier (current height 5.5m) - Crown reduction by 0.75m C: Star Magnolia (current height 3.35m) - Crown thin by 10% (to be conducted mid summer 2026). Removal of small branches crossing and rubbing to improve air flow and light D: Plum (current height 3.4m) - Crown reduction by 0.5m (improve light and airflow and wind resistance) E: Magnolia (current height 3m) - Crown thin by 10% (to be conducted mid summer 2026) F: Malus (current height 3.35m) - Crown thin by 10% to maintain tree health and reduce wind resistance, increase light and air circulation. Remove intertwining branches to maintain balanced branch structure G: Cherry (current height 4m) - Crown thin by 10% to maintain tree health and reduce wind resistance, increase light and air circulation. Remove intertwining branches to maintain balanced branch structure H: Cherry (current height 4m) - Crown thin by 10% to maintain tree health and reduce wind resistance, increase light and air circulation. Remove intertwining branches to maintain balanced branch structure

Received
11 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Market
  1. Received11 Nov
  2. Validated17 Nov
  3. Consult.3 Dec
  4. Target29 Dec
  5. Decided16 Dec

Decided in 29 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 59 Maids Causeway Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB5 8DE. 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 Riverside and Stourbridge Common conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 207 applications across Market. We hold 537 applications in total for the CB5 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
CB5 8DE
Application type
Works to CA trees
Scale / size
Small
District
Cambridge City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 November 2025
Last date for comments
3 December 2025
Target decision date
29 December 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
28

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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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