70 Canterbury Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 3QF
Approved on 5 October 2026
Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)1 condition
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Proposal
T1 - False Acacia - Crown reduction by up to 30% (reducing height and lateral spread by approximately 2.0 to 2.5 metres back to appropriate foliage bearing target points) Reason - Structural Integrity & Wood Characteristics, Boundary & Light Management(Report attached)
- Received
- 18 August 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 0 · last counted 2 October 2026
- Council
- Cambridge City Council
- Ward
- Castle
- Agent
- Root To Crown Ltd
- ReceivedReceived18 Aug
- ValidatedValidated18 Aug
- Consult.Consultation4 Sep
- TargetTarget Date13 Oct
- DecidedDecided5 Oct
Decided in 48 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a tree application at 70 Canterbury Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 3QF. Cambridge has handled 1,228 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days. The site is in the Castle and Victoria Road conservation area. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 119 applications across Castle. We hold 1,501 applications in total for the CB4 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
- CB4 3QF
- Application type
- Works to TPO trees
- Scale / size
- Small
- District
- Cambridge City Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 18 August 2026
- Last date for comments
- 4 September 2026
- Target decision date
- 13 October 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Root To Crown Ltd
- Agent address
- 15 Ouse Way Biggleswade SG18 8PZ Gb
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 8
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Castle And Victoria Road
- Tree Preservation Order: Ref 16/2017Protected 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.
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Associated applications
- 202618 Aug
T1 - False Acacia - Crown reduction by up to 30% (reducing height and lateral spread by approximately 2.0 to…
This applicationApprovedTrees26/0897/TTPO - 202618 Aug
T2 - Silver Birch - Crown reduction by up to 30% (reducing height and lateral spread by approximately 2.0…
PendingWorks to CA treesFiled alongside26/0898/TTCA
Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20178 Dec
Robinia - crown reduce height by 2-3mcrown reduce spread by 2-3m shape and balance, remove deadwood
Split decisionWorks to TPO trees17/636/TTPO - 201714 Sep
3: Robinia - Crown reduce height by approx 3-4m. Crown reduce spread by approx 3-4m. Shape and balance…
RefusedWorks to TPO trees17/418/TTPO - 201724 Jul
1: Elder (dead) - fell to ground level2: Row of Cypress - reduce height down to previous reduction points…
Split decisionWorks to CA trees17/323/TTCA
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