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20A Sand Street Soham Ely Cambridgeshire CB7 5AA

26/00371/TREWork to tree within Conservation areaApproved

Approved on 1 May 2026

Council decision: Notice Served (TREE)Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 Sycamore - Fell to ground to prevent further damage to vehicles from tree sap, damage to the surrounding ground and driveway due to tree roots and the increasing lean and prevent it from leaning further towards the house. The tree is causing damage to driveway causing the gradient to become larger and the tarmac to crack and break away. The roots are protruding up through the driveway in places. Damage is also occurring to our vehicles from tree sap which falls in significant amounts onto cars damaging the paintwork. We are also concerned of the potential for the tree to lean further and subsequently fall. Since we moved to the property 6 years ago, the lean has increased at the base, which can be seen from the trunk up to the main section of the tree, which is uneven and unbalanced at height

Received
31 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Ward
Soham South
  1. Received31 Mar
  2. Validated31 Mar
  3. Consult.28 Apr
  4. Target12 May
  5. Decided1 May

Decided in 31 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at 20A Sand Street Soham Ely Cambridgeshire CB7 5AA. 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 Soham conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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 5AA
Application type
Work to tree within Conservation area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Soham

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 March 2026
Consultation expiry
28 April 2026
Consultation start
1 May 2026
Consultation end
28 April 2026
Target decision date
12 May 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14826556
Documents
16
Constraints
20

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Soham
  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO/E/02/26Protected 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

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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.

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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