12 Saxon Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB5 8HS
Approved on 2 October 2026
Proposal
T1 - Sycamore approximately 17ms in height - reduce long laterals (approx 8ms long) south, north east and east by up to 1.5ms but reduce limbs over solar panels by 2ms. Raise crown to 5ms all round and remove deadwood from remaining crown.
- Received
- 15 July 2026
- Council
- Cambridge City Council
- Ward
- Abbey
- Agent
- Acacia Tree Surgery Ltd
- ReceivedReceived15 Jul
- ValidatedValidated15 Jul
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date26 Aug
- DecidedDecided2 Oct
Decided in 79 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a tree application at 12 Saxon Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB5 8HS. Cambridge has handled 1,228 applications of this type. This one was decided in 79 days, 4 weeks longer than Cambridge's typical decision time. The site is in the Riverside and Stourbridge Common conservation area. There have been 6 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 8HS
- Application type
- Works to CA trees
- Scale / size
- Small
- District
- Cambridge City Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 15 July 2026
- Target decision date
- 26 August 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Acacia Tree Surgery Ltd
- Agent address
- 63 Winfold Road Waterbeach CB25 9PR
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 6
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Riverside
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)
flood storage 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
6 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202431 Jan
Sycamore, Remove.
ApprovedWorks to CA trees24/0159/TTCA - 20236 Nov
Mature sycamore, Lift crown to 3.5m above ground level.
ApprovedWorks to CA trees23/1354/TTCA - 202327 Sep
Apple tree, Fell.
ApprovedWorks to CA trees23/1133/TTCA - 202211 Aug
Rear roof box dormer and extension to first floor rear roof (Re-submission of 21/02895/HFUL
ApprovedHouseholder22/03680/HFUL - 202222 Jun
Non material amendment of planning permission 21/02895/HFUL
RefusedNon-material amendment21/02895/NMA1 - 202221 Jun
Outbuilding (ancillary use to main dwelling)
ApprovedHouseholder22/02830/HFUL
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