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Orchard House 179 High Street Bottisham Cambridge CB25 9BB

22/00579/TREWork to tree within Conservation areaApproved

Approved on 1 August 2022

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

Proposal

T1 Sycamore - Reduce height and crown spread by 2 - 2.5m, raise canopy to clear wall by 2.5m and car port by 2m, prune to clear phone line by 1m. T2 Sycamore - Reduce height and crown spread by 2 - 2.5m, raise canopy to clear wall by 2.5m and car port by 2m, prune to clear phone line by 1m.

Received
4 July 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bottisham
  1. Received4 Jul
  2. Validated4 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target15 Aug
  5. Decided1 Aug

Decided in 28 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at Orchard House 179 High Street Bottisham Cambridge CB25 9BB. East Cambridgeshire has handled 1,134 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 2 weeks quicker than East Cambridgeshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Bottisham conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 7 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 47 applications across Bottisham. We hold 1,521 applications in total for the CB25 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
CB25 9BB
Application type
Work to tree within Conservation area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bottisham

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 July 2022
Consultation start
4 August 2022
Target decision date
15 August 2022

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
4
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: Bottisham
  • Green belt: East Cambridgeshire
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

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

7 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2021
    4 Jun

    T1 Mature Sycamore - Reduce spread of longest limbs on all sides by 3-4m and re-shape as required to reduce…

    ApprovedWork to tree within Conservation area21/00756/TRE
  2. 2020
    15 Oct

    T1 Horse Chestnut - Reduce to 8-10m in height as a wildlife habitat due to the trees decline due to Honey…

    ApprovedWork to tree within Conservation area20/01284/TRE
  3. 2017
    18 Jul

    T1 SYCAMORE - Remove deadwood. Crown lift to clear roof by 2.5m and adjacent footpath by 4m. Trim to clear…

    ApprovedWork to tree within Conservation area17/01113/TRE
  4. 2015
    11 Sep

    T1 - Robina - Remove central leader in upper crown with extensive diebackG1 - Sycamores - self set trees…

    ApprovedWork to tree within Conservation area15/01119/TRE
  5. 2014
    22 Jul

    T1 Sycamore - Cut back overhang to house to give approx 2m clearanceT2 Walnut - Cut back crown over road to…

    ApprovedWork to tree within Conservation area14/00865/TRE
  6. 2013
    1 Jul

    T1 Prunus - Crown reduce back to previous re-growth points, T2 - T9 Elder - Fell.

    ApprovedWork to tree within Conservation area13/00588/TRE

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