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Old Library Block Wolfson College Barton Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire

26/0933/TTCAWorks to CA treesApproved

Approved on 25 September 2026

Council decision: Have No Objection To

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

Proposal

T1 - Walnut - Fell.

Received
27 August 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 4 October 2026
Ward
Newnham
Agent
Richardson Tree Surgery Limited
  1. Received27 Aug
  2. Validated27 Aug
  3. Consult.11 Sep
  4. Target8 Oct
  5. Decided25 Sep

Decided in 29 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Old Library Block Wolfson College Barton Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire. Cambridge has handled 1,228 applications of this type. This one was decided in 29 days, 3 weeks quicker than Cambridge's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 188 applications across Newnham.

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

Application type
Works to CA trees
Scale / size
Small
District
Cambridge City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 August 2026
Last date for comments
11 September 2026
Target decision date
8 October 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
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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.

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