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The Rectory Main Street Little Downham Ely Cambridgeshire CB6 2ST

12/00260/TREWork to tree within Conservation areaApproved

Approved on 29 March 2012

Council decision: Allow (TREE)Delegated (officer decision)

Proposal

T1 & T2 Ash Trees - Coppice at approximately 0.5 - 1 metre.

Received
22 March 2012
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Downham Villages
  1. Received22 Mar
  2. Validated22 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target3 May
  5. Decided29 Mar

Decided in 7 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Rectory Main Street Little Downham Ely Cambridgeshire CB6 2ST. East Cambridgeshire has handled 1,134 applications of this type. This one was decided in 7 days, 5 weeks quicker than East Cambridgeshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Little Downham conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There have been 9 other applications at this address. We hold 1,595 applications in total for the CB6 postcode area.

98% of trees applications at East Cambridgeshire District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 6 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
CB6 2ST
Application type
Work to tree within Conservation area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Little Downham

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 March 2012
Target decision date
3 May 2012

Applicant and agent

Agent address
27 High Street Cottenham CB24 8SA

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
3
Constraints
7

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: Little Downham
  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO/E/02/01Protected 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.

Planning history at this site

9 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    2 Sep

    M Mulberry - Prune to clear driveway of adjacent house to 3m from ground level and prune to boundary where…

    ApprovedWork to tree within Conservation area25/00953/TRE
  2. 2025
    2 Sep

    L Two Lime trees on frontage - Remove major dead wood and prune to clear footpath to a height of 3m from…

    ApprovedWork to tree with existing TPO25/00942/TPO
  3. 2022
    24 Nov

    T14 Oak Centre of lawn in side garden - Crown lift over lawn to 3m, crown lift over driveway to 4.5m, remove…

    ApprovedWork to tree with existing TPO22/01411/TPO
  4. 2022
    24 Nov

    T4 Mulberry - Crown lift over footpath and tidy pegs. Shorten back to road edge (1- 2m removal), remove Ivy…

    ApprovedWork to tree within Conservation area22/01412/TRE
  5. 2017
    13 Apr

    T1 Sycamore - Crown reduce to previous pruning points (approx2.5m)

    ApprovedWork to tree with existing TPO17/00649/TPO
  6. 2017
    4 Apr

    T1 SYCAMORE - Prune to clear adjacent house by 2-3mT2 LIME - Remove deadwood and clear roof by 2-3m. Remove…

    ApprovedWork to tree within Conservation area17/00568/TRE

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