Planning application
108 Catharine Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 3AR
Works: Trees
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
T1 SOPHORA x 10ms tall - reduce height by 4ms to leave at 6ms tall and reduce laterals by 2.5ms to rebalance.
As published by the council, reference 26/1028/TTCA
Application record
- Reference
- 26/1028/TTCA
- Type
- Works to CA trees
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 15 Sep 2026
- Validated
- 15 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Romsey
- Postcode
- CB1 3AR
Comment by 30 September 2026
The council is taking comments on this application until then. Have your say on Cambridge's portal.
Site history
Applications at this address on the Cambridge register
This site has had 2 applications since 2024: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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24/0994/TTCA Granted
108 Catharine Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 3AR
T1 - Pagoda Tree - Reduce by up to 3m
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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15 Sep 2026
Received by Cambridge
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21 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 10 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
Acacia Tree Surgery Ltd Agent, a tree-works contractor registered in Cambridgeshire
Active · incorporated 2006 · Cambridgeshire
171 applications on PlanIndex · across 5 councils · 99% granted
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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 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.
Nearby applications
Within 0.3 miles
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108 Catharine Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 3AR
T1 - Pagoda Tree - Reduce by up to 3m
Granted Trees -
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109 Thoday Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 3AT
(1) Silver Birch 25m high, requiring 50% reduction to 12.5m (2) Rowan Berry tree 22m high, requiring 50% reduction to 11m high. The shaping of the trees will reduce their spread from 10m to 6m.
Granted Trees 11 docs -
97 Thoday Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 3AT
96% historically approved · decision due ~9 Nov
T1- Sycamore Crown reduce up to 3m to maintain tree appropriately within its area. ( TPO/18/2026)
Awaiting decision Trees 4 docs -
97 Thoday Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 3AT
T1 Sycamore removal due to size of tree in area effecting multiple gardens T2 Elder removal as low value, and position it is growing in
Split decision Trees 9 docs -
90 Catharine Street Cambridge CB1 3AR
T1 - Norway Spruce, Fell Outgrown size of garden. T2 - Cypress, Reduce height by 2m Contain size in small garden.
Granted Trees 10 docs
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26/0707/TTCA Granted
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26/0744/TTCA Granted
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