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The Cemetery Fordham Road Soham Cambridgeshire

26/00294/TREWork to tree within Conservation areaAwaiting decision

Proposal

T154 Holm Oak - Shorten split stem by 5m to reduce loading due to the split stem to the south-west branch above the new cemetery extension, risk of branch collapse

Received
11 March 2026
Decision due
22 April 2026
Ward
Soham South
  1. Received11 Mar
  2. Validated11 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target22 Apr
  5. Decided

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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. It has been with the council since 11 March 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Soham conservation area. 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
11 March 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14771970
Comments
0
Documents
3
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
  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO/E/04/81Protected tree on or next to this site
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Soham
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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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