Rear 2-4 Churchgate Street Soham Ely Cambridgeshire CB7 5DR
Approved on 13 October 2023
Council decision: Allow (TREE)Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
T1 Small Apple - Remove as outgrown available space T2 Small Cherry - Remove as outgrown available space T3 Medium size Goat Willow - Remove as outgrown available space T4 Small False Acacia - Remove as outgrown available space T5 Medium size Sycamore - Remove as to close to boundary causing it direct damage. T6 Large Sycamore - Remove deadwood and Ivy only T7 Large tree of unknown species - Remove as dead T8 Large Ash - Remove as touching historic boundary wall risking damage T9 Large Sycamore - Remove as touching historic boundary wall risking damage T10 small Cherry - Remove as out-grown available space G11 mixed species self-sets - Remove as unsuitable location for long term retention
- Received
- 12 September 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Soham South
- ReceivedReceived12 Sep
- ValidatedValidated12 Sep
- Consult.Consultation5 Oct
- TargetTarget Date24 Oct
- DecidedDecided13 Oct
Decided in 31 days (council typically 42)
About this application
This is a tree application at Rear 2-4 Churchgate Street Soham Ely Cambridgeshire CB7 5DR. East Cambridgeshire has handled 1,134 applications of this type. This one was decided in 31 days, 11 days quicker than East Cambridgeshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Soham conservation area, with 8 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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 5DR
- Application type
- Work to tree within Conservation area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Soham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 12 September 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 5 October 2023
- Consultation start
- 13 October 2023
- Consultation end
- 5 October 2023
- Neighbour consultation start
- 14 September 2023
- Neighbour consultation end
- 5 October 2023
- Target decision date
- 24 October 2023
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Soham
- Brownfield land register: 5A White Hart Lane Soham Ely Cambridgeshire CB7 5JQRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (20)
flood storage areas, 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 and heritage coasts.
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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Source: East Cambridgeshire
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