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Recreation Ground Fountain Lane Soham Ely Cambridgeshire CB7 5ED

24/01225/TREWork to tree within Conservation areaApproved

Approved on 23 December 2024

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T27 Giant Redwood or Wellingtonia - Stem failure in upper crown leaving remaining half of upper crown on poor attachment, risk of upper crown failure. Reduce height by 5-6m below large wound T54 Sycamore - Stem leaning slightly, large branch with split end and other damage, at risk of collapse above footpath, street lamp and possibly CCTV. Shorten damaged branch to leave 3m spur

Received
22 November 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Soham South
  1. Received22 Nov
  2. Validated22 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target3 Jan
  5. Decided23 Dec

Decided in 31 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at Recreation Ground Fountain Lane Soham Ely Cambridgeshire CB7 5ED. 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. There has been 1 other application 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 5ED
Application type
Work to tree within Conservation area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Soham

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 November 2024
Consultation start
23 December 2024
Target decision date
3 January 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13585533
Comments
0
Documents
4
Constraints
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Soham
  • Listed building: Grade II: Steelyard at the Fountain InnOn or next to this site · +1 more
  • Article 4 direction: 22 - 28 Clay Street, SohamNext to the site · +2 more
  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO/E/02/02Protected tree on or next to this site · +1 more
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Soham
  • Brownfield land register: Walter Gidney Pavilion Fountain Lane Soham Ely Cambridgeshire CB7 5EDRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (18)

flood storage areas, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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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