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14 The Oaks Soham Ely Cambridgeshire CB7 5FF

22/01231/TREWork to tree within Conservation areaApproved

Approved on 25 November 2022

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

G1 x4 Alder (Aspen) - Crown Lift to 6m (20ft) to enhance look of trees and lift over neighbour's driveway. Shown on map as G1 T1 Alder (Aspen) - Crown Lift to 6m (20ft)

Received
20 October 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Soham South
  1. Received20 Oct
  2. Validated20 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target1 Dec
  5. Decided25 Nov

Decided in 36 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at 14 The Oaks Soham Ely Cambridgeshire CB7 5FF. East Cambridgeshire has handled 1,134 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days, 6 days quicker than East Cambridgeshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Soham conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 44 applications across Soham South. We hold 653 applications in total for the CB7 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
CB7 5FF
Application type
Work to tree within Conservation area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Soham

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 October 2022
Consultation start
25 November 2022
Target decision date
1 December 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent address
48 High Street Soham CB7 5HE

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11635869
Comments
0
Documents
5
Constraints
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Soham
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Soham
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

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, 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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© 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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