Planning application
55 Cavendish Avenue Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 7UR
Works: Trees
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
T1 SILVER BIRCH IN FRONT GARDEN x 12ms high - previously reduced, leaving crown unbalanced with dense regrowth - proposed work is to reduce height regrowth by approximately 1 to 1.5ms and laterals by 1 to 1.5ms by tip end pruning back to natural unions to maintain good branch flow lines and thin remaining crown by 15% to achieve rebalanced crown and natural dappled shading.
As published by the council, reference 26/0814/TTPO
Application record
- Reference
- 26/0814/TTPO
- Type
- Works to TPO trees
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 3 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 3 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Queen Ediths
- Postcode
- CB1 7UR
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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3 Aug 2026
Received by Cambridge
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7 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 28 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
Agent on file, a tree-works contractor registered in Cambridgeshire
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
7 documents on file for this application
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER
- MAP OF NOTIFIED NEIGHBOURS
- APPLICATION FORM - NO PERSONAL INFO
- FEE CALCULATION
- ATTACHMENT SUMMARY FROM PORTAL
- TREE LOCATION PLAN
- PHOTO OF TREE
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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 38 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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