Planning application
Newnham College Sidgwick Avenue Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9DF
Works: Trees
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
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.
As published by the council, reference 26/0755/TTCA
Application record
- Reference
- 26/0755/TTCA
- Type
- Works to CA trees
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 21 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 21 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Newnham
- 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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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.
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23/0263/TTCA Granted
Newnham College Sidgwick Avenue Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9DF
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.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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21 Jul 2026
Received by Cambridge
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28 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 15 September 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Cambridge took a median of 52 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Newnham College Agent, registered in Cambridge
Active · incorporated 1993 · Cambridge
4 applications on PlanIndex
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
8 documents on file for this application
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER
- APPLICATION FORM - NO PERSONAL INFO
- FEE CALCULATION
- ATTACHMENT SUMMARY FROM PORTAL
- TREE SURVEY_INCLUDED_IN_ARBORICULTURAL IMPLICATIONS
- TREE RISK REPORT - NEWNHAM COLLEGE.DOCX (2)
- HORSE CHESTNUTS (AESCULUS HIPPOCASTANUM) X4 LOCATIONS LARGER VIEW
- HORSE CHESTNUTS (AESCULUS HIPPOCASTANUM) X4 LOCATIONS
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Cambridge for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Cambridge decided tree works applications in a median of 37 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About tree works applications
Applications for works to trees cover protected trees: consent under a tree preservation order, or six weeks notice for trees in a conservation area. More in our guide to planning application types.
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Newnham College Sidgwick Avenue Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9DF
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