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Milbrook House 50 Lode Close Soham Ely Cambridgeshire CB7 5WN

25/00854/TREWork to tree within Conservation areaApproved

Approved on 3 September 2025

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 Cherry - at the front of collapsed sleeper wall Section dismantle to near ground level and grind out the resulting stump to approx 300mm below current ground levels

Received
6 August 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Soham South
  1. Received6 Aug
  2. Validated6 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target17 Sep
  5. Decided3 Sep

Decided in 28 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at Milbrook House 50 Lode Close Soham Ely Cambridgeshire CB7 5WN. East Cambridgeshire has handled 1,134 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 2 weeks quicker than East Cambridgeshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Soham conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. 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 5WN
Application type
Work to tree within Conservation area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Soham

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 August 2025
Consultation start
4 September 2025
Target decision date
17 September 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO Mr Elliott Brydon Valley Lodge Valley Farm Blacksmiths Lane Coddenham Suffolk IP6 9TX

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14235616
Comments
0
Documents
3
Constraints
19

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: SohamPart of the site
  • Article 4 direction: 21 Hopevine House Clay Street, SohamNext to the site · +2 more
  • Heritage at Risk Register: SohamPart of the site
  • Brownfield land register: Milbrook House 50 Lode Close Soham Ely Cambridgeshire CB7 5WNRegister site at or near this address
Also checked, none recorded (20)

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 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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