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Gutter Bridge Station Road Swaffham Bulbeck

25/01269/TPOWork to tree with existing TPOApproved

Approved on 9 January 2026

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

Proposal

T1 Sycamore - Remove tree to ground level. Small tree (25cm DBH) with apical dieback, small, general low vigor in upper crown T2 Sycamore - Remove tree to ground level. Apical dieback and general low vigor in upper crown. G2 - Remove to ground level x2 small Sycamore at Eastern end of group. 2 Sycamore lining waterway showing symptoms of physiological decline/apical dieback. T13 Sycamore - Remove tree to ground level. Apical dieback and general low vigor in upper crown. T25 Beech - Remove tree leaving trunk as standing deadwood. Tree in poor condition, major branch dieback, thin foliage, tree in physiological decline. T30 Beech - Remove tree to ground level. Tree is dead. T31 Beech - Remove tree to ground level. Tree is dead

Received
19 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Bottisham
  1. Received19 Nov
  2. Validated19 Nov
  3. Consult.17 Dec
  4. Target14 Jan
  5. Decided9 Jan

Decided in 51 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at Gutter Bridge Station Road Swaffham Bulbeck. East Cambridgeshire has handled 1,134 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days, 9 days longer than East Cambridgeshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 47 applications across Bottisham.

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

Application type
Work to tree with existing TPO
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Swaffham Bulbeck

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 November 2025
Consultation expiry
17 December 2025
Consultation start
9 January 2026
Consultation end
17 December 2025
Target decision date
14 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO Mr Christopher Cant The Grange Nutholt Lane Ely CB7 4EE

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14502670
Documents
4
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO/E/13/67
  • Green belt: East Cambridgeshire
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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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