Planning application
29 Madingley Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0EG
Works: Trees
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
T1 Dying Silver Birch tree: fell.
As published by the council, reference 26/0777/TTCA
Application record
- Reference
- 26/0777/TTCA
- Type
- Works to CA trees
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 27 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 27 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Newnham
- Postcode
- CB3 0EG
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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27 Jul 2026
Received by Cambridge
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1 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 21 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
Richardson Tree Surgery Limited Agent, a tree-works contractor registered in Dereham
Active · incorporated 2016 · Dereham
89 applications on PlanIndex · across 5 councils · 97% 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
6 documents on file for this application
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER
- MAP OF NOTIFIED NEIGHBOURS
- APPLICATION FORM - NO PERSONAL INFO
- FEE CALCULATION
- ATTACHMENT SUMMARY FROM PORTAL
- 29 MADINGLEY ROAD1
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.
Nearby applications
Within 500 metres
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27 Madingley Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0EG
Acer (T1) - dying, over 50% dead Liquidamber (T2) - removal of a secondary branch from the lowest branch on the East side of the crown to allow more light to the adjacent pond and crown raise to two metres.
Granted Trees 8 docs -
Churchill College Storeys Way Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0DS
Tree number 66 Platanus x hispanica Tree number 68 Platanus x hispanica Tree number 70 Platanus x hispanica Tree number 74 Platanus x hispanica Crown lift all the trees on the Madingley Road side of the trees (South) to 2m from ground level this is to clear the hedge and ditch to allow maintenance without damaging the trees. Crown lift all the trees to 1m from ground level on the East, west and north sides to allow maintenance without damaging the trees.
Granted Trees 8 docs -
26 Wilberforce Road Cambridge CB3 0EQ
Laburnum (T1) - fell, tree has poor form due to overshadowing by silver birch which is now gone, and low amenity value. Portugal laurel (T2) - fell, shrub very overgrown and poor form due to overshadowing, low amenity value. New trees are to be planted in the garden once the felling work is complete.
Granted Trees 8 docs -
23 Madingley Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0EG
Five Day Notice T1: Silver Birch (dead) - Remove
Granted Trees 4 docs -
Churchill College Staircases 31 To 42 East Court Storeys Way Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0DS
Tree number 155: Gleditsia triacanthos 'Sunburst' - The large limbs on the westerly side which have sustained damage from the broken branch, reduce by 4m. The rest of the tree a crown reduction of up to 2m Tree number 156: Magnolia kobus - Crown reduce by up to 2m
Granted Trees 9 docs -
39 Madingley Road Cambridge CB3 0EL
Single storey front porch, detached cart lodge, front and rear roof extensions including dormer windows, new canopy to rear patio and alterations to existing doors and windows on side and rear elevations. New bike store.
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Other tree works applications
In Cambridge
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26/0848/TTPO Withdrawn
10 Melbourne Place Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 1EQ
T1 - Magnolia Tree - Fell Reason - Drainage issue. supporting document attached.
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26/0838/TTCA Granted
57 Kingston Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 2NU
Portugal Laurel - fell
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26/0834/TTPO Granted
32 Blinco Grove Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 7TS
T1 Sycamore Remove 2 low branches and secondary low branch from right hand limb, branches marked, to raise crown to facilitate more light to garden
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26/0827/TTPO Granted
Gresham Place Gresham Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 2EB
T1 - Poplar - Fell Reason - Tree appears hollow when tapping with a mallet, a PICUS test was carried out (attached). Tree is in close proximity to road and building
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26/0830/TTPO Refused
Cambridge Tennis Club Wilberforce Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0EQ
T1 - Oak - Reduce over Tennis Court by 3.5m and remove deadwood - Tree is encroaching on Tennis Court