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Wolfson College Barton Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9BB

Granted Cambridge 22/05557/FUL Full Application

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

To fly the Progress, Pan-African, Suffragette and Transgender Awareness Flags from the existing flagpole on various appropriate occasions annually.

As published by the council, reference 22/05557/FUL

Application record

Reference
22/05557/FUL
Type
Full Application
Status
Decided
Decision
Granted As published: Granted Permission
Received
22 Dec 2022
Validated
22 Dec 2022
Decided
21 Feb 2023
Ward
Newnham
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
CB3 9BB

Site history

Applications at this address on the Cambridge register

This site has had 5 applications since 2022: 5 approved, 0 refused.

  • 26/0654/TTPO Granted

    Wolfson College Barton Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9BB

    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.

    Decided 30 Jun 2026 Trees
  • 26/0636/TTCA Granted

    Wolfson College Barton Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9BB

    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

    Decided 24 Jul 2026 Trees
  • 26/0410/TTCA Granted

    Wolfson College Barton Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9BB

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

    Decided 22 May 2026 Trees
  • 22/05558/ADV Granted

    Wolfson College Barton Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9BB

    To fly the Progress, Pan-African, Suffragette and Transgender Awareness Flags from the existing flagpole on various appropriate occasions annually.

    Decided 21 Feb 2023 Advertising

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 22 Dec 2022

    Received by Cambridge

  2. 21 Feb 2023

    Decision issued: Granted Permission

  3. 24 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Cases linked to this one on the register

  • Application: 22/05558/ADV (Decided)

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

Bursar, Wolfson College Agent

2 applications on PlanIndex

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Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

16 documents on file for this application

  • DELEGATED REPORT Application Committee / Delegated Report · 21 Feb 2023
  • DECISION NOTICE Application Decision Notice · 21 Feb 2023
  • LOCAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY Consultee Comments · 17 Jan 2023
  • CONSERVATION Consultee Comments · 11 Jan 2023
  • QUALITY AND GROWTH Consultee Comments · 05 Jan 2023
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER Application Officer Correspondence · 04 Jan 2023
  • MAP OF NOTIFIED NEIGHBOURS Neighbour/Consultee Notification List · 04 Jan 2023
  • SITE NOTICE Application Press/Site Notices · 04 Jan 2023
  • WOLFSON COLLEGE FLAGPOLE - VIEW TO SOUTH AND BARTON ROAD Photographs · 23 Dec 2022
  • APPLICATION FORM - NO PERSONAL INFO Application Information · 22 Dec 2022
  • FEE CALCULATION Application Information · 22 Dec 2022
  • ATTACHMENT SUMMARY FROM PORTAL Attachment Summary · 22 Dec 2022
  • DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT Design and Access Statement · 22 Dec 2022
  • BLOCK PLAN Drawings · 22 Dec 2022
  • LOCATION PLAN Drawings · 22 Dec 2022
  • WOLFSON COLLEGE FLAGPOLE - VIEW TO NORTH - FRONT COURT AND PORTERS LODGE Photographs · 22 Dec 2022

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What this grant of permission means

Cambridge granted permission on 21 February 2023, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

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