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Mill House Mill Lane Swaffham Bulbeck Cambridge CB25 0NF

25/00117/TPOWork to tree with existing TPOApproved

Approved on 7 February 2025

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 Lombardy poplar - Fell - This tree poses a significant hazard. This tree (Photo1) has been pollarded at least twice in the past due to concerns about larval exit holes at the base facilitating fungal decay. There is now a large central cavity in the base which can be probed from 3 holes between the buttresses. The pollard regrowth is approximately 8m high. The tree has a 5-10 degree lean towards Mill House. There is extensive dead bark (which came away in sheets) on and above the buttress on the NW side (Photo5). The buttress also has a crack in it near ground level (Photo6). There are unusually high number of larval exit holes above the area of missing bark (Photo5). There are two woodpecker holes @ about 4m (Photo7). There is large fungal bracket growing in the union where the framework divides on the SE side. We politely ask that this notification is considered at your earliest convenience so we can remove the tree as soon as possible.

Received
3 February 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bottisham
  1. Received3 Feb
  2. Validated3 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target31 Mar
  5. Decided7 Feb

Decided in 4 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at Mill House Mill Lane Swaffham Bulbeck Cambridge CB25 0NF. East Cambridgeshire has handled 1,134 applications of this type. This one was decided in 4 days, 5 weeks quicker than East Cambridgeshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Swaffham Bulbeck conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 47 applications across Bottisham. We hold 1,521 applications in total for the CB25 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
CB25 0NF
Application type
Work to tree with existing TPO
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Swaffham Bulbeck

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 February 2025
Consultation start
7 February 2025
Target decision date
31 March 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO Mike Wallman 3 Woollards Lane Great Shelford Cambridge CB22 5LZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13742107
Comments
0
Documents
10
Constraints
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Swaffham Bulbeck
  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO/E/13/67Part of the site
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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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.

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Source: East Cambridgeshire

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