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Oak Tree Cottage 3 High Street Wilburton Ely Cambridgeshire CB6 3RB

18/00240/TREWork to tree within Conservation areaApproved

Approved on 23 July 2018

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 CHERRY - 20% crown reduction T2 & T3 HOLLY x 2 - 20% crown reduction

Received
5 July 2018
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Stretham
  1. Received5 Jul
  2. Validated5 Jul
  3. Consult.13 Aug
  4. Target16 Aug
  5. Decided23 Jul

Decided in 18 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at Oak Tree Cottage 3 High Street Wilburton Ely Cambridgeshire CB6 3RB. East Cambridgeshire has handled 1,134 applications of this type. This one was decided in 18 days, 3 weeks quicker than East Cambridgeshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Wilburton conservation area. There have been 5 other applications 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
5 July 2018
Consultation expiry
13 August 2018
Consultation start
23 July 2018
Consultation end
13 August 2018
Target decision date
16 August 2018

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Fao Mr Paul Young 6A Sutton Road Mepal Ely Cambridgeshire CB6 2AQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
4
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Wilburton
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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.

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Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    21 May

    T1 Prunus - Crown reduce by approximately 1 -2.5 metres. Tree is in the rear garden

    ApprovedWork to tree within Conservation area25/00530/TRE
  2. 2024
    10 Jan

    T1 Holly - Remove epicormic growth at base and trim top into a pointed barrel shape. T2 Holly - Trim sides by…

    ApprovedWork to tree within Conservation area24/00040/TRE
  3. 2022
    9 Aug

    T1. Holly on rear boundary- reduce by approximately 40-50%, trim sides to as close to a conical top as…

    ApprovedWork to tree within Conservation area22/00931/TRE
  4. 2020
    11 Jun

    T1 Holly - reduce tree to approx 3 metres to match height of fence.

    ApprovedWork to tree within Conservation area20/00725/TRE
  5. 2012
    30 Aug

    Bedroom extension over existing garage with first floor link to existing landing.

    ApprovedFull Application12/00756/FUL
  6. 2011
    11 Oct

    T1, T2 & T3 Holly trees - Crown reduce 25%. T4 Magnolia - Crown reduce 25%. T5 Privet hedge - Re-shape.

    ApprovedWork to tree within Conservation area11/00918/TRE

Source: East Cambridgeshire

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