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The Pavillion Recreation Ground Station Road Wilburton Cambridgeshire

23/01120/TREWork to tree within Conservation areaApproved

Approved on 10 November 2023

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

Proposal

T1 Horse Chestnut - Crown reduce by 2-3m due to recent limb failure over the recreation ground T5 Oak - Crown lift over cricket pitch to 3.5m from ground level T6 Lime - Remove epicormic growth to 2.5m from ground level T7 Cherry - Crown lift to 3.5m from ground level over basketball court T8 Hornbeam - Crown reduce football pitch side by 1-2m, Crown lift to 3.5m from ground level over football pitch side G1 Mixed Broadleaf Species - Crown lift to 3.5m from ground level over football pitch side

Received
10 October 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Stretham
  1. Received10 Oct
  2. Validated10 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target21 Nov
  5. Decided10 Nov

Decided in 31 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Pavillion Recreation Ground Station Road Wilburton Cambridgeshire. 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 Wilburton conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application 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
10 October 2023
Consultation start
10 November 2023
Target decision date
21 November 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO Mr Christopher Cant The Grange Nutholt Lane Ely CB7 4EE

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12519011
Comments
0
Documents
5
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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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