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South Pavillion St Johns College Playing Field Grange Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire

26/0044/TTCAWorks to CA treesApproved

Approved on 25 February 2026

Council decision: Have No Objection ToDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

T730: LIME x 20m high - Raise lower secondary branches to 3m above ground level to clear car parking area T759: HORSE CHESTNUT x 16m high - Repollard by reducing regrowth of approx 2.5m to leave at 13.5m tall T761: HORSE CHESTNUT x 16m high - Repollard by reducing regrowth of approx 2.5m to leave at 13.5m tall T763: HORSE CHESTNUT x 18m high - Repollard by reducing regrowth of approx 3m to leave at 15m tall T773: LIME x 16m high - Repollard by reducing regrowth of 4m to leave at 12m tall T774: LIME x 17m high - Repollard by reducing regrowth of 4m to leave at 13m tall T776: LIME x 16m high - Repollard by reducing regrowth of 4m to leave at 12m tall T786: ASH x 15m high - Fell, due to Inonotus in upper crown, previously reduced in response to limb failure, but tree is leaning towards Trinity College ground and is next to very busy access drive and foot path

Received
16 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Newnham
Agent
Acacia Tree Surgery Ltd
  1. Received16 Jan
  2. Validated16 Jan
  3. Consult.30 Jan
  4. Target27 Feb
  5. Decided25 Feb

Decided in 40 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at South Pavillion St Johns College Playing Field Grange Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire. Cambridge has handled 1,228 applications of this type. This one was decided in 40 days, 9 days quicker than Cambridge's typical decision time. The site is in the West Cambridge conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 188 applications across Newnham.

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

Application type
Works to CA trees
Scale / size
Small
District
Cambridge City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 January 2026
Last date for comments
30 January 2026
Target decision date
27 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Acacia Tree Surgery Ltd
Agent address
63 Winfold Road Waterbeach CB25 9PR

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
7

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: West Cambridge
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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

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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