Planning application
Royal Albert Homes Hills Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1PP
Works: Trees
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
2x Lime (G1) - raise the crown over footpath to 3.5 meters from ground level to reveal road signs Cherry (T1) - reduce over extended limb over Brooklyn's avenue to alleviate weight and reveal road signs Cherry (T2) - raise the crown over footpath to 3 meters from ground level to reveal road signs Cherry (T3) - raise the crown over footpath to 3 meters from ground level to reveal road signs Lime (T4) - reduce limbs encroaching into Hills Road cycle lane to give better clarence and to reveal road signs
As published by the council, reference 26/0974/TTCA
Application record
- Reference
- 26/0974/TTCA
- Type
- Works to CA trees
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 7 Sep 2026
- Validated
- 7 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Petersfield
- Postcode
- CB2 1PP
Comment by 23 September 2026
The council is taking comments on this application until then. Have your say on Cambridge's portal.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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7 Sep 2026
Received by Cambridge
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11 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 2 November 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
Foxcotte Tree Surgery Agent, a tree-works contractor
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
6 documents on file for this application
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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 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
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Royal Albert Homes Hills Road Cambridge CB2 1PP
External work including the insertion of new surface water drainage provisions, repairs to existing paved surfaces, repairs to existing stepped access, general maintenance to existing gates and retaining wall and removal of existing bin stores with new bin stores are to be constructed in new locations.
Granted Full applications 22 docs -
Royal Albert Homes Hills Road Cambridge CB2 1PP
External work including the insertion of new surface water drainage provisions, repairs to existing paved surfaces, repairs to existing stepped access, general maintenance to existing gates and retaining wall and removal of existing bin stores with new bin stores are to be constructed in new locations.
Granted Heritage and listed buildings 16 docs -
121 Hills Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1PG
T2 - Maple - Cut back branches by approximately 1.5m back to, the branches are encroaching Warren Close via the entrance off Hills Road
Granted Trees 7 docs -
6 Brooklands Avenue Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 8BB
Oak - Reduce height by 2.5m. Reduce spread on all sides by 2.5m. Remove deadwood.
Decided Trees 6 docs -
1 Brookside Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1JE
G1: Betula species - Fell dead or declining Betula trees T1: Pinus pinea - Crownlift to 6m T2: Quercus ilex - Repollard by up to 4m T3: Tilia platyphyllos subsp. pseudorubra - Crown lift to 3m T4: Tilia x europaea - Remove co-dominant stem at the base T5: Quercus patraea - Crown lift to 3m over pathway T6: Aesculus indica - Crown lift to 3m over pathway G2: Betula utilis subsp jacquemontii x3 - Crown lift to 2.5m over pathway T7: Ailanthus altissima - Fell weed tree to ground level T8: Sycamore - Fell weed tree to ground level G3: Fraxinus excelsiors - Fell any weed trees to ground level T9: Ilex aquifolium 'Golden Quenn' - Fell to ground level T10: Buxus sempervirens - Fell to ground level G4: Carpinus and Quercus sp - Crown lift to 3m over pathway T11: Distylium racemosum - Fell to ground level G5: Taxus, Caphalotaxus, Prumnopitys - Crown lift to 3m over pathway T12: Cupressus sp - Fell weed tree to ground level T13: Salix x fragilis f. vitellina - Reduce pollard in height to 1.5m above ground level to produce a coppice T14: Arbutus unedo - Re-pollard by up to 5m T15: Sorbus sargentiana - Fell to ground level
Granted Trees 9 docs -
6 Brooklands Avenue Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 8BB
Oak - remove lowest new growths on south side of canopy to clear roof and gutter by 2 -2.5m - To clear roof and side of property in Clarendon street by suitable margin
Granted Trees 7 docs
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26/0830/TTPO Refused
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T1 - Oak - Reduce over Tennis Court by 3.5m and remove deadwood - Tree is encroaching on Tennis Court