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The Cambridge Nursing Home 5 High Street East Chesterton Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 1NQ

26/0271/TTPOWorks to TPO treesApproved

Approved on 27 April 2026

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T4 AILANTHUS - remove stem (approx 12ms high) nearest to fence line back to main trunk to facilitate installation of safety perimeter fencing.

Received
13 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
East Chesterton
Agent
Acacia Tree Surgery Ltd
  1. Received13 Mar
  2. Validated13 Mar
  3. Consult.30 Mar
  4. Target8 May
  5. Decided27 Apr

Decided in 45 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Cambridge Nursing Home 5 High Street East Chesterton Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 1NQ. Cambridge has handled 1,228 applications of this type. This one was decided in 45 days, 4 days quicker than Cambridge's typical decision time. The site is in 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 53 applications across East 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 1NQ
Application type
Works to TPO trees
Scale / size
Small
District
Cambridge City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 March 2026
Last date for comments
30 March 2026
Target decision date
8 May 2026

Applicant and agent

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

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.

  • Conservation area: ChestertonPart of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: 25 and 27, High StreetOn or next to this site
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 14/1988Part of the site · +2 more
  • Brownfield land register: 25-27 High Street Chesterton Cambridge CB4 1NQRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage 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 and heritage coasts.

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