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Wolfson College Barton Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9BB

25/01647/CONDACondition requestApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 5 September 2025

Council decision: Discharge Condition in FullDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Submission of details required by condition 3 (ecological enhancement scheme) of planning permission 25/01647/FUL

Received
1 August 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Newnham
  1. Received1 Aug
  2. Validated1 Aug
  3. Consult.2 Sep
  4. Target26 Sep
  5. Decided5 Sep

Decided in 35 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at Wolfson College Barton Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9BB. Cambridge has handled 1,195 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 days, 2 weeks quicker than Cambridge's typical decision time. The site is in the West Cambridge conservation area. There have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 188 applications across Newnham. We hold 690 applications in total for the CB3 postcode area.

97% of conditions applications at Cambridge City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
CB3 9BB
Application type
Condition request
Scale / size
Small
District
Cambridge City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 August 2025
Last date for comments
2 September 2025
Target decision date
26 September 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Bidwells
Agent address
Bidwell House Maris Lane Cambridge East Of CB2 9LD

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: West CambridgePart of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: 78, Barton RoadOn this site · +1 more
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 05/1987Part of the site · +5 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    25 Jun

    5 DAYS NOTICE - Silver Birch x1 - Remove and Stump grinding following removal. Reason - Located by south…

    ApprovedWorks to TPO trees26/0654/TTPO
  2. 2026
    22 Jun

    T1 Atlas Cedar: reduce the branch length by up to 2m and/or thin branches by up to 15% to significantly…

    PendingWorks to CA trees26/0636/TTCA
  3. 2026
    20 Apr

    T4 Dying Apple tree: pollard all of the stems just above the secondary union at 3m.

    PendingWorks to CA trees26/0410/TTCA
  4. 2026
    18 Feb

    T236 - Cherry Plum - Multiple Ganoderma fruiting bodies. Reduce crown by approximately 4m to leave as a…

    ApprovedWorks to CA trees26/0198/TTCA
  5. 2024
    17 May

    Discharge of condition 5 (roof plant/associated screen) of planning permission 23/03192/FUL

    Discharge Condition in FullDischarge of conditions23/03192/CONDC
  6. 2024
    21 Feb

    Submission of details required by conditions 3(Plant/ Machinery Equipment and Odour Risk Assessment) of…

    Discharge Condition in FullDischarge of conditions23/03192/CONDA

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