Wolfson College Barton Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9BB

26/0636/TTCAWorks to CA treesAwaiting decision

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

T1 Atlas Cedar: reduce the branch length by up to 2m and/or thin branches by up to 15% to significantly branch end weight to reduce the risk of branch failure. This has happened on numerous occasions. T2 Robinia: Cut back the branches away from the adjacent building by 1m. T3 Cedar: crown-lift the branches away from the gym roof by 1m

Received: 22 June 2026
Decision due: 3 August 2026
Council: Cambridge City Council
Ward: Newnham
Agent: Richardson Tree Surgery Limited

ReceivedReceived22 Jun
ValidatedValidated22 Jun
Consult.Consultation9 Jul
TargetTarget Date3 Aug
DecidedDecided

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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. It has been with the council since 22 June 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the West Cambridge conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. 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: 22 June 2026
Last date for comments: 9 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent: Richardson Tree Surgery Limited
Agent address: Church Farm Cottage Low Road North Tuddenham Dereham NR203DQ

Planning decision

Statutory period: 42 days

Additional information

Documents: 5

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Conservation area: West Cambridge
Tree Preservation Order: Ref 05/1987Protected tree on or next to this site
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

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.

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