St Matthews Primary School Norfolk Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire
Approved on 11 March 2026
Council decision: Have No Objection ToDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
T1 and T2 - False Acacia - Sectionally Dismantle, taking them as low to the ground as possible. Eco plug to avoid future regrowth as they are obstruction the building and parking spaces
- Received
- 2 February 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Cambridge City Council
- Ward
- Petersfield
- ReceivedReceived2 Feb
- ValidatedValidated2 Feb
- Consult.Consultation19 Feb
- TargetTarget Date16 Mar
- DecidedDecided11 Mar
Decided in 37 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a tree application at St Matthews Primary School Norfolk Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire. Cambridge has handled 1,228 applications of this type. This one was decided in 37 days, 12 days quicker than Cambridge's typical decision time. The site is in the Mill Road conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 156 applications across Petersfield. We hold 1,406 applications in total for the CB1 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
- CB1 2LD
- Application type
- Works to CA trees
- Scale / size
- Small
- District
- Cambridge City Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 2 February 2026
- Last date for comments
- 19 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 16 March 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- AJB Tree Care
- Agent address
- 45 High Street Tetsworth Thame OX9 7AD
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 9
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Mill Road
- 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.
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