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61 Clay Street Soham Cambridgeshire CB7 5HJ

24/00196/TREWork to tree within Conservation areaApproved

Approved on 28 March 2024

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

Proposal

T1 Walnut - Reduce height and spread on all sides by 2 - 2.5m and shape round. Remove dead wood. Sever Ivy at base of main stem up to approximately 2m high

Received
22 February 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Soham South
  1. Received22 Feb
  2. Validated22 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target4 Apr
  5. Decided28 Mar

Decided in 35 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at 61 Clay Street Soham Cambridgeshire CB7 5HJ. 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 Soham conservation area. 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 5HJ
Application type
Work to tree within Conservation area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Soham

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 February 2024
Consultation start
28 March 2024
Target decision date
4 April 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO Mr Chris Cole 7 Heath Road Swaffham Prior Cambridge CB25 0LA

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12827744
Comments
0
Documents
2
Constraints
12

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: Soham
  • Article 4 direction: 61 -71 Odds (6) Clay Street, Soham
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Soham
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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

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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