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Morley House Harrison Drive Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 8ED

26/0290/TTPOWorks to TPO treesAwaiting decision

Proposal

Apple - Remove tree to near ground level. Reason - Tree is heavily decayed at the base. There are concerns that students might climb or lean on tree and it fails. The college plan to plant a replacement.

Received
20 March 2026
Decision due
15 May 2026
Ward
Queen Ediths
Agent
Mercer Tree Services Ltd
  1. Received20 Mar
  2. Validated20 Mar
  3. Consult.8 Apr
  4. Target15 May
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 8 April.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (6)

About this application

This is a tree application at Morley House Harrison Drive Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 8ED. Cambridge has handled 1,228 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 20 March 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 141 applications across Queen Ediths. We hold 680 applications in total for the CB2 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
CB2 8ED
Application type
Works to TPO trees
Scale / size
Small
District
Cambridge City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 March 2026
Last date for comments
8 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Mercer Tree Services Ltd
Agent address
10 Petlands Saffron Walden CB10 1XF

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 24/2018
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

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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