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Murray Edwards College Huntingdon Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0DF

26/0928/TTPOWorks to TPO treesApproved

Approved on 9 October 2026

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)1 condition

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 - HORSE CHESTNUT X 18MS TALL - Reduce subsiding limb at 14ms overhanging road by 2.5ms and reduce 1 lowest limb overhanging path by 2ms to alleviate end weight and ensure pedestrian and vehicular clearance to Huntingdon Road and public footpath, T2 - HORSE CHESTNUT X 18MS TALL - Reduce low over extended limb overhanging path by 2ms to ensure pedestrian clearance and alleviate end weight, T3 - LIME X 18MS TALL - Reduce back lateral branches mid to upper crown by 1.5ms to provide building clearance of 1.5ms,

Received
26 August 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
0 · last counted 2 October 2026
Ward
Castle
Agent
Acacia Tree Surgery Ltd
  1. Received26 Aug
  2. Validated26 Aug
  3. Consult.11 Sep
  4. Target21 Oct
  5. Decided9 Oct

Decided in 44 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Murray Edwards College Huntingdon Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0DF. Cambridge has handled 1,228 applications of this type. This one was decided in 44 days, 5 days quicker than Cambridge's typical decision time. The site is in the West Cambridge conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 119 applications across Castle. 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 0DF
Application type
Works to TPO trees
Scale / size
Small
District
Cambridge City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 August 2026
Last date for comments
11 September 2026
Target decision date
21 October 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Acacia Tree Surgery Ltd
Agent address
63 Winfold Road Waterbeach CB25 9PR

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, 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

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© 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.

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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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