Planning application
1 Brookside Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1JE
Works: Trees
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
T1 - Platanus x acerifolia - Thin crown by up to 10% (up to 12cm diameter wood). T2 - Tilia platyphyllos - Pollard up to 7m above GL (Up to 80cm diameter wood) T3 - Maclura pomifera - Fell to GL, dead. T4 - Catalpa ovata - Fell to leave a habitat stem 9m above GL (Up to 40cm diameter wood) T5 - Davidia involucrata - Fell to GL, significant dieback. T6 - Davidia involucrata - Fell to GL, significant dieback. T7 - Prunus padus - Fell to GL, dead.
As published by the council, reference 26/0987/TTCA
Application record
- Reference
- 26/0987/TTCA
- Type
- Works to CA trees
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 8 Sep 2026
- Validated
- 8 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Petersfield
- Postcode
- CB2 1JE
Site history
Applications at this address on the Cambridge register
This site has had 4 applications since 2024: 3 approved, 0 refused.
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26/0462/TTCA Granted
1 Brookside Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1JE
T1, Ilex sp, remove to ground level.
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24/1217/TTCA Granted
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
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24/0919/TTCA Granted
1 Brookside Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1JE
T1 - Pinus pinea - Fell to ground level T2 - Parrotia persica - Reduce lower branches by up to 3m, Crown lift to 2m above ground levelj T3 - Crataegus monogyna - Fell to ground level T4 - Quercus canariensis - Crown lift up to 2.5m above ground level T5 - Pinus sylvestris - Fell to ground level T6 - Prunus avium - Fell to ground level T7 - Paulownia fargesii - Pollard up to 3m high from ground level. T8 - Pseudotsuga menziesii var. glauca - Fell to ground level T9 - Prunus cerasifera f. cerasifera [Red-fruited form] - Pollard up to 3m from ground level. G1 - Olea europaea x12 - Pollard all trees, up to 3m above ground level. G2 - Zelkova's, Broussonetia, Kolwitzia, Celtis, Linnaea - Crown lift up to 3m above ground level G3 - Abies, Carpinus, Juniperus, Thuja - Crown lift up to 3m above ground level over vehicle access track G4 - Carpinus betulus 'Frans Fontaine' - Thin group by removing weakest specimens. G5 - Cupressus sp x4 - Fell to ground level.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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8 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 3 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.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
4 documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
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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