Planning application
42 Abbey Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB5 8HQ
Works: Trees
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
T1 - Large Bay at end of rear garden approx 16ms high - Reduce height by approx. 6ms to leave at 10ms high and trim back remaining laterals by approximately 0.5 to 1m to rebalance and shape remaining crown.
As published by the council, reference 26/0702/TTCA
Application record
- Reference
- 26/0702/TTCA
- Type
- Works to CA trees
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 9 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 23 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Abbey
- Postcode
- CB5 8HQ
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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9 Jul 2026
Received by Cambridge
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23 Jul 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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28 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 17 September 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Cambridge took a median of 52 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Acacia Tree Surgery Ltd Agent, a tree-works contractor registered in Cambridgeshire
Active · incorporated 2006 · Cambridgeshire
152 applications on PlanIndex · across 5 councils · 99% granted
Trade members see everything this firm has filed, how it was decided, and get an email the day it files again.
See their track recordDocuments
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
7 documents on file for this application
- INVALID CHASE
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER
- INVALID LETTER
- APPLICATION FORM - NO PERSONAL INFO
- FEE CALCULATION
- TREE LOCATION PLAN
- TREE PHOTO
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Cambridge for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Cambridge decided tree works applications in a median of 37 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About tree works applications
Applications for works to trees cover protected trees: consent under a tree preservation order, or six weeks notice for trees in a conservation area. More in our guide to planning application types.
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