Planning application
28 North Road Cathays Cardiff CF10 3DY
Works: Trees
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
The silver birch. Remove deadwood, sympathetically rebalance & prune crown to 50cm clearance from buildings.
As published by the council, reference 26/01895/WTCA
Application record
- Reference
- 26/01895/WTCA
- Type
- Works to Trees Conservation Area
- Status
- Registered
- Received
- 4 Sep 2026
- Validated
- 4 Sep 2026
- Ward
- CATHAYS
- Postcode
- CF10 3DY
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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4 Sep 2026
Received by Cardiff
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13 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 30 October 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Cardiff took a median of 56 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
2 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 Cardiff for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Cardiff decided tree works applications in a median of 10 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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