Skip to content

Cemetery West End Wilburton Cambridgeshire CB6 3RE

26/00045/TREWork to tree within Conservation areaApproved

Approved on 13 February 2026

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

Proposal

T44 Lime - Reduce tree down to 5-6.00m height to form pollard. This work is to be done to reduce chance of failure. As main union at 3.50m exhibits cambium death, tree partially affected physiologically and potentially structurally to unquantified extent

Received
14 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Stretham
  1. Received14 Jan
  2. Validated14 Jan
  3. Consult.9 Feb
  4. Target25 Feb
  5. Decided13 Feb

Decided in 30 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at Cemetery West End Wilburton Cambridgeshire CB6 3RE. East Cambridgeshire has handled 1,134 applications of this type. This one was decided in 30 days, 12 days quicker than East Cambridgeshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Wilburton conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 37 applications across Stretham. We hold 1,593 applications in total for the CB6 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).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.Planning something similar? See what gets approved on your street

Application details

Postcode
CB6 3RE
Application type
Work to tree within Conservation area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wilburton

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 January 2026
Consultation expiry
9 February 2026
Consultation start
13 February 2026
Consultation end
9 February 2026
Neighbour consultation start
19 January 2026
Neighbour consultation end
9 February 2026
Target decision date
25 February 2026

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14622382
Comments
0
Documents
3
Constraints
9

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: Wilburton
  • 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

Track this application

Get email alerts when there is a planning decision or status change.

Get email alerts near CB6

New planning applications delivered to your inbox daily.

Around this site

For applicants and trades

Planning something similar?

See what the council approved and refused on your street for the project you have in mind. Pick your home and get the evidence before you pay for drawings.