Planning application
Newnham College Sidgwick Avenue Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9DF
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
T1 London Plane, street tree in the ownership of Cambridge City Council. Building clearance pruning to achieve scaffold required for building management work to the Rare Books Library at Newnham College, Cambridge, a Listed Building. Pruning work required is the removal of three secondary branches over the College ownership along with minor pruning of fine branches. Work to be carried out in accordance with BS3998:2010. Please see Consultant's Report with photograph showing proposed cut points.
As published by the council, reference 23/0263/TTCA
Application record
- Reference
- 23/0263/TTCA
- Type
- Works to CA trees
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Have No Objection To
- Received
- 7 Mar 2023
- Validated
- 7 Mar 2023
- Decided
- 24 Feb 2025
- Ward
- Newnham
- Decision by
- Tree - Delegated (CBG)
- Postcode
- CB3 9DF
Site history
Applications at this address on the Cambridge register
This site has had 3 applications since 2023: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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26/0755/TTCA Awaiting decision
Newnham College Sidgwick Avenue Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9DF
Tree tag T001: Horse chestnut - Reduce the height of the crown by approximately 2 m to appropriate pruning points to reduce loading on the included union. Install a 2-tonne non-invasive dynamic brace approximately 2 m above the included union. Tree tag T002: Horse chestnut - Remove deadwood greater than 25 mm in diameter throughout the crown. Tree tag T003: Horse chestnut- Reduce the upper third of the crown on the southern aspect by up to 2 m to appropriate pruning points to reduce loading over the adjacent building. Reduce the two lowest limbs on the northern aspect by up to 2 m to appropriate pruning points to reduce loading over the adjacent footpath. Tree tag T004: Horse chestnut- Reduce the south-eastern limb by up to 2 m to appropriate pruning points to reduce loading on the identified defect. Reduce the eastern limb by up to 1 m to appropriate pruning points to improve crown balance on the south-eastern aspect. Reduce the central stem extending over the footpath by up to 3 m to appropriate pruning points to bring it into line with the remainder of the crown.
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24/0961/TTCA Granted
Newnham College Sidgwick Avenue Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9DF
T14 (T266 past tree report) Quercus ilex - Holm oak - I would recommend this tree be removed on the grounds of safety at the earliest opportunity. However given the importance of this tree and high amenity value it is strongly recommended that a resistograph drill test is undertaken to correlate and back up the Picus tomogram.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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7 Mar 2023
Received by Cambridge
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24 Feb 2025
Decision issued: Have No Objection To
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9 Sep 2026
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Agent on file, a design practice registered in Downham Market
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Cambridge granted permission on 24 February 2025, 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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