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St Matthews Centre Sturton Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 2QF

26/0658/TTPOWorks to TPO treesApproved

Approved on 19 August 2026

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)1 condition

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T6 London Plane- Crown lift to 1-2m above ground level T9 London Plane- To clear sign by approx. 1.5m T12 London Plane- To crown lift all round by approx. 2.5m above ground level. T13 London Plane- To crown lift all round by approx. 2.5m above ground level. T15 London Plane- To crown lift all round by approx. 2.5m above ground level. T16 London Plane- Crown lift to 1-2m above ground level. T17 Lime- To remove the lower branch next to car parking, crown clear. T24 London Plane- To clear sign by approx. 1.5m

Received
29 June 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Petersfield
Agent
Gavin Jones Ltd
  1. Received29 Jun
  2. Validated29 Jun
  3. Consult.15 Jul
  4. Target24 Aug
  5. Decided19 Aug

Decided in 51 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at St Matthews Centre Sturton Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 2QF. Cambridge has handled 1,228 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days. The site is in the Mill Road conservation area. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 156 applications across Petersfield. We hold 1,406 applications in total for the CB1 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
CB1 2QF
Application type
Works to TPO trees
Scale / size
Small
District
Cambridge City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 June 2026
Last date for comments
15 July 2026
Target decision date
24 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Gavin Jones Ltd
Agent address
Reed House Karoo Close Bexwell Business Park Downham Market PE38 9GA

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: Mill Road
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 04/2005Protected tree on or next to this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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.

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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