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Fir Tree House 38 Pratt Street Soham Ely Cambridgeshire CB7 5BH

26/00273/TREWork to tree within Conservation areaApproved

Approved on 17 April 2026

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

H1 Leyland Cypress hedge x2 - Cut back and tidy as they are currently overgrown (circled in yellow) T1 Leyland Cypress - This needs removing (circled in magenta) as it is ragged, and branches are falling. T2 Hazel - Needs the dead central portion removing (circled in green) T3 Bay - Needs removing as is overgrown (circled in white) G1 Apple & Pear - These are overgrown and have ceased producing fruit. These will be removed and replaced (circled in blue)

Received
9 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Soham North
  1. Received9 Mar
  2. Validated9 Mar
  3. Consult.1 Apr
  4. Target20 Apr
  5. Decided17 Apr

Decided in 39 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at Fir Tree House 38 Pratt Street Soham Ely Cambridgeshire CB7 5BH. East Cambridgeshire has handled 1,134 applications of this type. This one was decided in 39 days, 3 days quicker than East Cambridgeshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Soham conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 22 applications across Soham North. 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 5BH
Application type
Work to tree within Conservation area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Soham

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 March 2026
Consultation expiry
1 April 2026
Consultation start
17 April 2026
Consultation end
1 April 2026
Neighbour consultation start
11 March 2026
Neighbour consultation end
1 April 2026
Target decision date
20 April 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14761572
Documents
4
Constraints
18

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: SohamPart of the site
  • Listed building: 34 and 36, Pratt StreetOn or next to this site
  • Article 4 direction: Firtree House, 38 Pratt Street, Soham+1 more
  • Heritage at Risk Register: SohamPart of the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

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, 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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