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Playing Field Kings School Barton Road Ely Cambridgeshire

26/00156/TREWork to tree within Conservation areaApproved

Approved on 18 March 2026

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T001 Horse chestnut - Weight reduce lower limb on the north eastern side of the tree back to suitable pruning point. Limb is currently resting on the boundary fence causing damage, to the tree and fence. Further reduce limbs and raise crown on the eastern and northern side to alleviate risk to the playing field and lift the crown to 2.4m back to suitable pruning points. Further inspect the tree to plan future management.

Received
9 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Ely West
  1. Received9 Feb
  2. Validated9 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target23 Mar
  5. Decided18 Mar

Decided in 37 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at Playing Field Kings School Barton Road Ely Cambridgeshire. East Cambridgeshire has handled 1,134 applications of this type. This one was decided in 37 days, 5 days quicker than East Cambridgeshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Ely conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 34 applications across Ely West.

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
Ely

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 February 2026
Consultation start
18 March 2026
Target decision date
23 March 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14689522
Comments
0
Documents
0
Constraints
17

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: ElyPart of the site
  • Article 4 direction: 14-14a (evens) Back Hill, ElyNext to the site · +1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

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, 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

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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.

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Source: East Cambridgeshire

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