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19 High Street Wicken Ely Cambridgeshire CB7 5XR

26/00113/TREWork to tree within Conservation areaApproved

Approved on 5 March 2026

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 Gleditsia - Remove front low limb over driveway and crown reduce by up to 3 metres

Received
2 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Soham South
  1. Received2 Feb
  2. Validated2 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target16 Mar
  5. Decided5 Mar

Decided in 31 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at 19 High Street Wicken Ely Cambridgeshire CB7 5XR. East Cambridgeshire has handled 1,134 applications of this type. This one was decided in 31 days, 11 days quicker than East Cambridgeshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Wicken conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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 5XR
Application type
Work to tree within Conservation area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wicken

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 February 2026
Consultation start
5 March 2026
Target decision date
16 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO Mr Paul Young 6A Sutton Road Mepal Cambridgeshire CB6 2AQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14669768
Comments
0
Documents
3
Constraints
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Wicken
  • Listed building: Grade II*: WindmillOn or next to this 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.

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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