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44 Forehill Ely Cambridgeshire CB7 4AQ

25/00426/TREWork to tree within Conservation areaApproved

Approved on 23 May 2025

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

Proposal

T1 Ash - Reduce bough over (circled in red on photo) by 4m to clear overhang over chimney, crown lift overhang over road to 5.5m Tree owned by 44 Fore Hill T2 - Ash - Fell due to proximity to wall, the wall has started to crack. Tree owned by 9 Broad Street Dental Surgery

Received
16 April 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Ely East
  1. Received16 Apr
  2. Validated16 Apr
  3. Consult.15 May
  4. Target28 May
  5. Decided23 May

Decided in 37 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at 44 Forehill Ely Cambridgeshire CB7 4AQ. East Cambridgeshire has handled 1,134 applications of this type. This one was decided in 37 days, 5 days quicker than East Cambridgeshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Ely conservation area, with 10 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 40 applications across Ely East. 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 4AQ
Application type
Work to tree within Conservation area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Ely

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 April 2025
Consultation expiry
16 May 2025
Consultation start
27 May 2025
Consultation end
15 May 2025
Neighbour consultation start
24 April 2025
Neighbour consultation end
16 May 2025
Target decision date
28 May 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO Thomas Harper 48 High Street Soham CB7 5HE

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13949844
Documents
7
Constraints
20

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: Ely
  • 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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