Planning application
24 Brooklands Avenue Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 8BU
Works: Trees
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Common ash (71) - Reduce height by approximately 2m down to previous reduction points, reduce spread on all sides by approximately 2 -2.5m back to previous reduction points, shape round, remove deadwood.
As published by the council, reference 26/0768/TTCA
Application record
- Reference
- 26/0768/TTCA
- Type
- Works to CA trees
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 23 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 23 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Petersfield
- Postcode
- CB2 8BU
Site history
Applications at this address on the Cambridge register
This site has had 2 applications since 2024: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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24/0664/TTCA Granted
24 Brooklands Avenue Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 8BU
Walnut tree (marked 1 on the plan) - Lightly prune some of the lower branches. The purpose of the work it to raise the canopy from ground level. Lower branches require a maximum 225cm prune to a maximum 3cm branch width.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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23 Jul 2026
Received by Cambridge
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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
Historic England Agent, registered in Swindon
Active · incorporated 2014 · Swindon
1 application on PlanIndex
Trade members see everything this firm has filed, how it was decided, and get an email the day it files again.
See their track recordSparrow Applicant, registered in London
Dissolved · incorporated 2002 · London
1 application on PlanIndex
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
6 documents on file for this application
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER
- APPLICATION FORM - NO PERSONAL INFO
- FEE CALCULATION
- ATTACHMENT SUMMARY FROM PORTAL
- FDA1519_BROOKLANDS HOUSE TREE HAZARD SURVEY_MAY 2026
- FDA0921_BROOKLANDS AVENUE TREE PLAN_MAY 2020
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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