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48 Pretoria Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 1HE

26/0218/TTCAWorks to CA treesApproved

Approved on 27 March 2026

Council decision: Have No Objection ToDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

T1- Sycamore- Reduce in height and shape by 2 meters, remove oversized epicormic removing 3 meters, to maintain in its current location.

Received
23 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
West Chesterton
  1. Received23 Feb
  2. Validated26 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target9 Apr
  5. Decided27 Mar

Decided in 29 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 48 Pretoria Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 1HE. Cambridge has handled 1,228 applications of this type. This one was decided in 32 days, 2 weeks quicker than Cambridge's typical decision time. The site is in the Riverside and Stourbridge Common conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 117 applications across West Chesterton. We hold 1,501 applications in total for the CB4 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
CB4 1HE
Application type
Works to CA trees
Scale / size
Small
District
Cambridge City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 February 2026
Target decision date
9 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Oakes and Watson
Agent address
17 West End Haddenham Ely CB6 3TD

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Riverside
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 11/2010Protected tree on or next to this site · +1 more
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2026
    23 Feb

    T2- Willow- re pollard to previous points removing 4 meters, to maintain in its current location. Reason - re…

    PendingWorks to TPO treesFiled alongside26/0200/TTPO
  2. 2026
    23 Feb

    T1- Sycamore- Reduce in height and shape by 2 meters, remove oversized epicormic removing 3 meters, to…

    This applicationApprovedTrees26/0218/TTCA

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    20 Jul

    Walnut - Remove

    ApprovedWorks to CA trees26/0744/TTCA

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