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Sydney House 28 High Street Wilburton Ely Cambridgeshire CB6 3RB

14/00132/TREWork to tree within Conservation areaApproved

Approved on 7 February 2014

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 Small woody tree - FellT2 Laburnum - FellT3 Sumac - FellT4 Cherry - reduce overhanging lateral branches over garden to lift crown to approximately 3m from ground levelT5 Beech - Two lowest laterals over garden (NW side) and W side to remove.T6 Norway Spruce - FellG7 Holly x5 trees - Reduce in height and reshapeG8 cypress x 5 - Fell

Received
6 February 2014
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Stretham
  1. Received6 Feb
  2. Validated6 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target20 Mar
  5. Decided7 Feb

Decided in 1 day (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at Sydney House 28 High Street Wilburton Ely Cambridgeshire CB6 3RB. East Cambridgeshire has handled 1,134 applications of this type. This one was decided in 1 day, 6 weeks quicker than East Cambridgeshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Wilburton conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 37 applications across Stretham. 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 3RB
Application type
Work to tree within Conservation area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wilburton

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 February 2014
Target decision date
20 March 2014

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
4
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Wilburton
  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO/E/08/11Protected 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

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© 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.

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Source: East Cambridgeshire

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