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2 Grantchester Road Newnham Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9ED

25/1477/TTPOWorks to TPO treesApproved

Approved on 25 February 2026

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)1 condition

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

3 x Chinese Birch - Crown Reduction 1-1.5m 5 x Lime - Crown Reduction 1-1.5m 8 x Boxed Hornbeams - Crown Reduction up to 0.5m. 1 x Ornamental Pear - Crown Reduction 1-1.5m

Received
29 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Newnham
  1. Received29 Dec
  2. Validated19 Jan
  3. Consult.2 Feb
  4. Target16 Mar
  5. Decided25 Feb

Decided in 37 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 2 Grantchester Road Newnham Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9ED. Cambridge has handled 1,228 applications of this type. This one was decided in 58 days, 9 days longer than Cambridge's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 188 applications across Newnham. 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 9ED
Application type
Works to TPO trees
Scale / size
Small
District
Cambridge City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 January 2026
Last date for comments
2 February 2026
Target decision date
16 March 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II: 2 and 2a, Grantchester RoadOn or next to this site
  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO/27/2024Covers the site · +1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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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