Planning application
Murray Edwards College Huntingdon Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0DF
Works: Trees
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
T1 - HORSE CHESTNUT X 18MS TALL - Reduce subsiding limb at 14ms overhanging road by 2.5ms and reduce 1 lowest limb overhanging path by 2ms to alleviate end weight and ensure pedestrian and vehicular clearance to Huntingdon Road and public footpath, T2 - HORSE CHESTNUT X 18MS TALL - Reduce low over extended limb overhanging path by 2ms to ensure pedestrian clearance and alleviate end weight, T3 - LIME X 18MS TALL - Reduce back lateral branches mid to upper crown by 1.5ms to provide building clearance of 1.5ms,
As published by the council, reference 26/0928/TTPO
Application record
- Reference
- 26/0928/TTPO
- Type
- Works to TPO trees
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 26 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 26 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Castle
- Postcode
- CB3 0DF
Site history
Applications at this address on the Cambridge register
This site has had 4 applications since 2022: 3 approved, 0 refused.
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24/1086/TTCA Granted
Murray Edwards College Huntingdon Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0DF
T1 - Semi mature GLEDITSIA x 8ms - Reduce height by approximately 1.5 to 2ms and shorten laterals by approximately 1.5ms to rebalance, thin remaining crown by 15%. T105 - Early mature BEECH x 18ms - Prune to clear adjacent building by 1 to 1.5ms, thin crown by 15% and raise crown to 3.5ms all round.
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23/0027/TTPO Granted
Murray Edwards College Huntingdon Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0DF
Related case 22/1341/TTCA 3 x Hornbeams (T8, T10, and T12 - circled in blue on accompanying Tree Location Plan) ~ Reduce laterals back from adjacent building by 1.5 to 2.0 metres; raise crowns to 3.5 metres all round. Beech (T105 - circled in blue on accompanying Tree Location Plan) ~ Prune to clear adjacent building by 2.5 metres.
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22/1341/TTCA Granted
Murray Edwards College Huntingdon Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0DF
Related case 23/0027/TTPO 2 x Hornbeams (T9 and T11 - circled in blue on accompanying Tree Location Plan) ~ Reduce laterals back from adjacent building by 1.5 to 2.0 metres; raise crowns to 3.5 metres all round.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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26 Aug 2026
Received by Cambridge
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28 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 21 October 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 53 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
252 applications on PlanIndex · across 5 councils · 98% granted
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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
- TREE LOCATION PLAN
- 3 PHOTOS
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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 36 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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