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The Chapel 100A Main Street Little Downham Ely Cambridgeshire CB6 2SX

22/01088/TREWork to tree within Conservation areaApproved

Approved on 11 October 2022

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 Ornamental Cherry tree - It needs pruning to reduce the size by between one quarter and one third of the size as it risks damaging the adjacent shed located approx. 300mm from the tree trunk. Also acceptable to remove and replace further away from shed.

Received
15 September 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Downham
  1. Received15 Sep
  2. Validated15 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target27 Oct
  5. Decided11 Oct

Decided in 26 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Chapel 100A Main Street Little Downham Ely Cambridgeshire CB6 2SX. East Cambridgeshire has handled 1,134 applications of this type. This one was decided in 26 days, 2 weeks quicker than East Cambridgeshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Little Downham conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 30 applications across Downham. 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 2SX
Application type
Work to tree within Conservation area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Little Downham

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 September 2022
Consultation start
11 October 2022
Target decision date
27 October 2022

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11552808
Comments
0
Documents
5
Constraints
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Little Downham
  • 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

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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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