Wolfson College Barton Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9BB
Approved on 11 March 2026
Council decision: Have No Objection ToDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
T236 - Cherry Plum - Multiple Ganoderma fruiting bodies. Reduce crown by approximately 4m to leave as a bolling. T87 - Silver Lime - Two buttress roots subject to decay on the southwest side - increasing risk of windthrow. Reduce height by 10-12m to leave a framework pollard T311 - Atlas Cedar - Wind damage leaving exposed lateral branches - thin / reduce load of laterals on either side of removed stems, shortening by 2-3m and reducing the number of tertiary branches.
- Received
- 18 February 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Cambridge City Council
- Ward
- Newnham
- ReceivedReceived18 Feb
- ValidatedValidated18 Feb
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date1 Apr
- DecidedDecided11 Mar
Decided in 21 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a tree application at Wolfson College Barton Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9BB. Cambridge has handled 1,228 applications of this type. This one was decided in 21 days, 4 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.
94% of trees 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
- Works to CA trees
- Scale / size
- Small
- District
- Cambridge City Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 18 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 1 April 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Eastern Tree Surgery
- Agent address
- 7 Heath Road Swaffham Prior Swaffham Prior Cambridge CB25 0LA
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 15
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: West CambridgePart of the site
- 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.
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Planning history at this site
6 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202625 Jun
5 DAYS NOTICE - Silver Birch x1 - Remove and Stump grinding following removal. Reason - Located by south…
ApprovedWorks to TPO trees26/0654/TTPO - 202622 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 - 202620 Apr
T4 Dying Apple tree: pollard all of the stems just above the secondary union at 3m.
PendingWorks to CA trees26/0410/TTCA - 20251 Aug
Submission of details required by condition 3 (ecological enhancement scheme) of planning permission…
Discharge Condition in FullDischarge of conditions25/01647/CONDA - 202417 May
Discharge of condition 5 (roof plant/associated screen) of planning permission 23/03192/FUL
Discharge Condition in FullDischarge of conditions23/03192/CONDC - 202421 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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