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8 Adams Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9AD

26/0973/TTCAWorks to CA treesApproved

Approved on 6 October 2026

Council decision: Have No Objection ToDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

6x Conifers (G1) - Fell to allow more light into adjacent properties Catalpa (T1) - re-reduce to previous reduction points with a finished height of 5.5 meters

Received
7 September 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Newnham
  1. Received7 Sep
  2. Validated7 Sep
  3. Consult.23 Sep
  4. Target19 Oct
  5. Decided6 Oct

Decided in 29 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 8 Adams Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9AD. Cambridge has handled 1,228 applications of this type. This one was decided in 29 days, 3 weeks quicker than Cambridge's typical decision time. The site is in the West Cambridge conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 188 applications across Newnham. We hold 687 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 9AD
Application type
Works to CA trees
Scale / size
Small
District
Cambridge City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 September 2026
Last date for comments
23 September 2026
Target decision date
19 October 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Foxcotte Tree Surgery
Agent address
Foxcotte Fencing Ltd Foxcotte Farm Comberton Road Barton CB23 7BA

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: West Cambridge
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 19/1994Protected tree on or next to this site · +1 more
  • 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

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© 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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