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Wolfson College Barton Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9BB

26/0654/TTPOWorks to TPO treesApproved

Approved on 30 June 2026

Council decision: Granted Permission

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

Proposal

5 DAYS NOTICE - Silver Birch x1 - Remove and Stump grinding following removal. Reason - Located by south boundary with Barton Road. Poor condition- stem 1 hollowing, audible when struck. Multiple fruiting bodies of Birch Polypore on south face of stem. Dark staining on lower stem. Increased risk of structural collapse. Footpath and highway are targets.

Received
25 June 2026
Ward
Newnham
  1. Received25 Jun
  2. Validated25 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target30 Jun
  5. Decided30 Jun

Decided in 5 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 5 days, 6 weeks quicker than Cambridge's typical decision time. 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 TPO trees
Scale / size
Small
District
Cambridge City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 June 2026
Target decision date
30 June 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
5 days

Additional information

Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
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.

© 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    25 Jun

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

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  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…

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Planning history at this site

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 2025
    1 Aug

    Submission of details required by condition 3 (ecological enhancement scheme) of planning permission…

    Discharge Condition in FullDischarge of conditions25/01647/CONDA
  4. 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
  5. 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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