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Fir Tree House 38 Pratt Street Soham Ely Cambridgeshire CB7 5BH

23/00487/TREWork to tree within Conservation areaApproved

Approved on 26 May 2023

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 - group of ~10 small diameter fir trees. Trees are sited on the boundary of properties at 3 Ten Bell Land and 38 Pratt Street, the latter being contained within Soham's Conservation Area. Reduction in height to approximately 1m above the fence line, which would bring it in line with hedge/trees further to the left and approximate location of previous pruning identified by existing cut branches

Received
21 April 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Soham North
  1. Received21 Apr
  2. Validated21 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target2 Jun
  5. Decided26 May

Decided in 35 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at Fir Tree House 38 Pratt Street Soham Ely Cambridgeshire CB7 5BH. 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 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 22 applications across Soham North. 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 5BH
Application type
Work to tree within Conservation area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Soham

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 April 2023
Consultation start
30 May 2023
Target decision date
2 June 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12109699
Comments
0
Documents
5
Constraints
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: SohamPart of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: 34 and 36, Pratt StreetOn or next to this site
  • Article 4 direction: Firtree House, 38 Pratt Street, SohamNext to the site
  • Heritage at Risk Register: SohamPart of the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, 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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© 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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