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97 Main Street Little Downham Ely Cambridgeshire CB6 2SX

22/00548/TREWork to tree within Conservation areaApproved

Approved on 1 June 2022

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 Horse Chestnut - Crown reduce by 1m on client's side of the fence T2 Elder - Reduce back to fence line T3 Conifer - Reduce back to fence line

Received
3 May 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Downham
  1. Received3 May
  2. Validated3 May
  3. Consult.27 May
  4. Target14 Jun
  5. Decided1 Jun

Decided in 29 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at 97 Main Street Little Downham Ely Cambridgeshire CB6 2SX. East Cambridgeshire has handled 1,134 applications of this type. This one was decided in 29 days, 13 days quicker than East Cambridgeshire's typical decision time. There have been 17 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 30 applications across Downham. We hold 1,593 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 2SX
Application type
Work to tree within Conservation area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Little Downham

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 May 2022
Consultation expiry
27 May 2022
Consultation start
1 June 2022
Consultation end
27 May 2022
Neighbour consultation start
6 May 2022
Neighbour consultation end
27 May 2022
Target decision date
14 June 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent address
50 Owl Barn Pymoor Lane Ely CB6 2EF

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11232692
Comments
0
Documents
5
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Little DownhamNext to the site
  • 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.

Planning history at this site

17 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    7 Nov

    T1 Conifer - Prune overhanging branches to vertical boundary to reduce the fall of bird excrement and tree…

    ApprovedWork to tree within Conservation area25/00315/TRE
  2. 2025
    26 Aug

    T1, T2 and T3 Leylandii trees on Southern Boundary with 7, Walnut tree Close, Little Downham. Trees to be…

    ApprovedWork to tree within Conservation area25/00282/TRE
  3. 2025
    23 Jul

    T1 Leylandii - T1 and T2 Leylandii - Remove up to 10 branches. 50mm in diameter

    ApprovedWork to tree within Conservation area25/00799/TRE
  4. 2025
    10 Mar

    G1 Leyland Cypress group along boundary with 93 Main Street - Remove to ground level

    ApprovedWork to tree within Conservation area25/00280/TRE
  5. 2025
    7 Mar

    H1 Leyland Cypress - Remove to ground level T2 Poplar - Remove to ground level and treat the stump to prevent…

    ApprovedWork to tree within Conservation area25/00272/TRE
  6. 2023
    14 Aug

    T1 Magnolia - Prune to clear building by up to 1.5m and re-shape accordingly

    ApprovedWork to tree within Conservation area23/00905/TRE

Source: East Cambridgeshire

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