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4 Clare Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9HN

26/0767/TTCAWorks to CA treesApproved

Approved on 17 September 2026

Council decision: Have No Objection To

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

1 x Thuja - Remove 2 x Yew trees - at the bottom of the garden adjacent to the Gonville and Caius playing fields. Reduce their height to 1.5-2m

Received
23 July 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 2 October 2026
Ward
Newnham
  1. Received23 Jul
  2. Validated23 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target3 Sep
  5. Decided17 Sep

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 4 Clare Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9HN. Cambridge has handled 1,228 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days longer than Cambridge's typical decision time. The site is in the West Cambridge conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 188 applications across Newnham. We hold 690 applications in total for the CB3 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
CB3 9HN
Application type
Works to CA trees
Scale / size
Small
District
Cambridge City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 July 2026
Target decision date
3 September 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: West Cambridge
  • 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.

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