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The Harbour School Station Road Wilburton Cambridgeshire CB6 3RR

23/00827/TREWork to tree within Conservation areaApproved

Approved on 24 August 2023

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

G1 Mixed Species group - Crown lift all Yew trees within the group to 3m to stop access to berries by children T3 Oak - Reduce canopy by up to 3m to reduce loading on cavity at 3m. Cavity at 3m on South Eastern aspect. Cavity likely to be historic with high adaptive growth around wound. Minor historic failures throughout canopy leaving historic tears. T9 Sycamore - Reduce crown by up to 2.5m to reduce wind loading on primary union. Co-dominant stem at 1.5m with minor bark inclusion within species characteristics.

Received
25 July 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Stretham
  1. Received25 Jul
  2. Validated25 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target5 Sep
  5. Decided24 Aug

Decided in 30 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Harbour School Station Road Wilburton Cambridgeshire CB6 3RR. East Cambridgeshire has handled 1,134 applications of this type. This one was decided in 30 days, 12 days quicker than East Cambridgeshire's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 37 applications across Stretham. We hold 1,593 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 3RR
Application type
Work to tree within Conservation area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wilburton

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 July 2023
Consultation start
24 August 2023
Target decision date
5 September 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO Miss Tegan Harnwell Reed House Karoo Close Bexwell Business Park Downham Market PE38 9GA

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12339836
Comments
0
Documents
4
Constraints
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: WilburtonPart of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: Wilburton ManorOn this site
  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO/E/06/19Protected tree on or next to this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, 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.

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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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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Associated applications

  1. 2023
    25 Jul

    G1 Mixed Species group - Crown lift all Yew trees within the group to 3m to stop access to berries by…

    This applicationApprovedTrees23/00827/TRE
  2. 2023
    25 Jul

    T6 Indian Bean Tree - Reduce entire crown by 2m due to Bark Necrosis from historic tear on north west limb to…

    ApprovedWork to tree within Conservation areaFiled alongside23/00828/TRE

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