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Churchill College, Sheppard Flats Storeys Way Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0DS

26/0175/TTCAWorks to CA treesApproved

Approved on 11 March 2026

Council decision: Have No Objection ToDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

College tree number 270 - Gleditisia tricanthos - Prune back the lowest branch growing over the wall marked on the photograph back to the trunk to give clearance to the building wall and window reducing the number of cuts and frequency of pruning. Cut the branches back along the plain brick wall to give 1- 1.5m clearance to protect both the tree and building

Received
17 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Castle
  1. Received17 Feb
  2. Validated17 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target31 Mar
  5. Decided11 Mar

Decided in 22 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Churchill College, Sheppard Flats Storeys Way Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0DS. Cambridge has handled 1,228 applications of this type. This one was decided in 22 days, 4 weeks quicker than Cambridge's typical decision time. The site is in the West Cambridge conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 119 applications across Castle. 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 0DS
Application type
Works to CA trees
Scale / size
Small
District
Cambridge City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 February 2026
Target decision date
31 March 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
9

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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