Recreation Ground Station Road Wilburton Cambridgeshire
Approved on 25 November 2022
Council decision: Allow (TREE)Delegated (officer decision)
Proposal
T3787 Horse Chestnut: Remove tree to ground level. Due to extensive dieback throughout crown with some limbs completely dead. Strip of dead bark running from 3.5m on North side to ground level. Major Trunk Decay: Dryad saddle on Northern side of trunk at 1m. x3 brackets and evidence of same fungal species 1m higher. Old brackets also present on the other side of main union on E side. Sounding with mallet suggests major decay from 1m up past the main union. On 20/07/2022 the tree dropped a main leader, leaving the remaining crown exposed (photos).
- Received
- 21 October 2022
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Stretham
- ReceivedReceived21 Oct
- ValidatedValidated21 Oct
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date2 Dec
- DecidedDecided25 Nov
Decided in 35 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 35 days, 7 days quicker than East Cambridgeshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Wilburton conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. 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
- 21 October 2022
- Consultation start
- 25 November 2022
- Target decision date
- 2 December 2022
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- The Grange Nutholt Lane Ely CB7 4EE
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Site constraints
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.
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Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202212 Dec
New dropped kerb and access to the Wilburton Recreation Ground including crossover
ApprovedFull Application22/01462/FUL - 202114 Dec
T1 Maple - Fell - tree has multiple cracks in low level branch unions.
ApprovedWork to tree within Conservation area21/01791/TRE - 202116 Aug
T1 Oak - Light pruning to allow for access to the Recreation Ground field for fortnightly contractor cutting…
ApprovedWork to tree within Conservation area21/01218/TRE - 20139 May
T1, T2, T3, T4 Lime - Remove epicormic growth up to 3 metres from ground level
ApprovedWork to tree within Conservation area13/00368/TRE
Source: East Cambridgeshire
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