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The Cemetery Fordham Road Soham Cambridgeshire

26/00072/TREWork to tree within Conservation areaApproved

Approved on 24 February 2026

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

Proposal

T178 - Lawson Cypress - Stem closest to access drive has been forcibly removed either by a vehicle or strong wind leaving a large wound, immediately above this wound has a reduced attachment and at risk of collapse across access road and side of house. Reduce height of stem immediately above large wound by 2m to reduce sail area of that stem T185- Holm Oak - Bifurcated at base - stem closest to adjacent residential property with significant 'Dog-Leg' has cavity at base with risk of collapse across boundary onto private drive - Reduce stem with basal cavity by approximately 6m (point at which stem becomes vertical)

Received
22 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Soham South
  1. Received22 Jan
  2. Validated22 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target5 Mar
  5. Decided24 Feb

Decided in 33 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Cemetery Fordham Road Soham Cambridgeshire. East Cambridgeshire has handled 1,134 applications of this type. This one was decided in 33 days, 9 days 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.

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 within Conservation area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Soham

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 January 2026
Consultation start
24 February 2026
Target decision date
5 March 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14643478
Comments
0
Documents
5
Constraints
12

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: Soham
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Soham
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

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, 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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