56 Tower Court Tower Road Ely Cambridgeshire CB7 4XS
Approved on 6 June 2025
Council decision: Allow (TREE)Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
T1 ELDER - Remove due to significant decline. (Less than 10%) viable tree left. T2 BEECH - Reduce height by approx 3m and reduce width by approx 2.5 - 3m
- Received
- 28 April 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Ely West
- ReceivedReceived28 Apr
- ValidatedValidated28 Apr
- Consult.Consultation22 May
- TargetTarget Date9 Jun
- DecidedDecided6 Jun
Decided in 39 days (council typically 42)
About this application
This is a tree application at 56 Tower Court Tower Road Ely Cambridgeshire CB7 4XS. East Cambridgeshire has handled 1,134 applications of this type. This one was decided in 39 days, 3 days quicker than East Cambridgeshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Ely conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 34 applications across Ely West. 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 4XS
- Application type
- Work to tree within Conservation area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Ely
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 28 April 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 22 May 2025
- Consultation start
- 6 June 2025
- Consultation end
- 22 May 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 30 April 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 22 May 2025
- Target decision date
- 9 June 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- FAO Mr Billy Thulborn Two Jays Poultry Farm Sedge Fen Lakenheath IP27 9LF
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: ElyPart of the site
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)
flood storage areas, 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.
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Source: East Cambridgeshire
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