Museum Of Technology 44 Cheddars Lane Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB5 8LD
Approved on 24 July 2026
Council decision: Have No Objection ToDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Approx 30 no self-seeded trees, mainly sycamore on a rough sloping bank. (Approx 10 are below the 75mm size limit. Approx 20 no are above) - Cut these trees down to ground level. The trees are not individually identified, but the thicket itself is a very clearly delineated group.
- Received
- 16 June 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Cambridge City Council
- Ward
- Abbey
- ReceivedReceived16 Jun
- ValidatedValidated16 Jun
- Consult.Consultation1 Jul
- TargetTarget Date28 Jul
- DecidedDecided24 Jul
Decided in 38 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a tree application at Museum Of Technology 44 Cheddars Lane Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB5 8LD. Cambridge has handled 1,228 applications of this type. This one was decided in 38 days, 11 days quicker than Cambridge's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 131 applications across Abbey. We hold 537 applications in total for the CB5 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
- CB5 8LD
- Application type
- Works to CA trees
- Scale / size
- Small
- District
- Cambridge City Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 16 June 2026
- Last date for comments
- 1 July 2026
- Target decision date
- 28 July 2026
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 10
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)
flood storage areas, conservation 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.
Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202522 Sep
T3 - apple - remove
ApprovedWorks to CA trees25/1020/TTCA - 202330 Nov
Submission of details required by conditions 6 (external artificial lighting), 7 (odours) and 8 ( noise…
Discharge Condition in FullDischarge of conditions20/03579/CONDB - 202318 Aug
Submission of details required by conditions 3(Sidewise Management Plan), 9(Cycle Parking), and 10(Accessible…
Discharge Condition in FullDischarge of conditions20/03579/CONDA
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