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Recreation Ground Station Road Wilburton Cambridgeshire

21/01218/TREWork to tree within Conservation areaApproved

Approved on 22 September 2021

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

Proposal

T1 Oak - Light pruning to allow for access to the Recreation Ground field for fortnightly contractor cutting the grass by tractor, traffic for annual Fireworks and Beer Festival weekends and one-off large vehicle access for collection and replacement of a large shipping container (scheduled for mid-September 2021). Pruning to allow for 4.2m access. see attached photo 'entrance tree' and 'inked WPC Rec' in blue dot T2 Field Maple - Crown reduction of 2m in height and spread to reduce loading on split stem. see attached photos 'tree 1.1; 1.2 and 1.3' and some pruning at lower level to allow for fortnightly contractor cutting the grass by tractor and vehicle collecting and replacing container to gain access to the field. Pruning to allow for 4.2m access. see attached photo 'central tree line' and 'inked WPC Rec' in blue dot G3 Lime trees x5 - Remove epicormic basal growth requires removal every 24 months to aid inspection (ongoing tree maintenance every 24 months). As stated in the 'WPC Rec Inspection' report and shown using red dots in 'inked WPC Rec' attached

Received
16 August 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Stretham
  1. Received16 Aug
  2. Validated16 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target27 Sep
  5. Decided22 Sep

Decided in 37 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at Recreation Ground Station Road Wilburton Cambridgeshire. East Cambridgeshire has handled 1,134 applications of this type. This one was decided in 37 days, 5 days quicker than East Cambridgeshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Wilburton conservation area. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 37 applications across Stretham.

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

Application type
Work to tree within Conservation area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wilburton

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 August 2021
Consultation start
22 September 2021
Target decision date
27 September 2021

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-10122968
Comments
0
Documents
11
Constraints
5

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: 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.

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.

Source: East Cambridgeshire

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