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The Priors House The College Ely Cambridgeshire CB7 4DL

26/00727/TREWork to tree within Conservation areaApproved

Approved on 6 August 2026

Council decision: Allow (TREE)

Proposal

T1 Yew - Reduce lateral limbs by 1.5m, reduce crown to balance and shape, weight reduction/lift lower lateral limbs so they no longer rest on the boundary wall The tree has recently lost a large limb, which has prompted the suggested work to try to alleviate further issues

Received
3 July 2026
Ward
Ely East
  1. Received3 Jul
  2. Validated3 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target14 Aug
  5. Decided6 Aug

Decided in 34 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Priors House The College Ely Cambridgeshire CB7 4DL. East Cambridgeshire has handled 1,134 applications of this type. This one was decided in 34 days, 8 days quicker than East Cambridgeshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Ely conservation area, with 15 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 40 applications across Ely East. 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 4DL
Application type
Work to tree within Conservation area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Ely

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 July 2026
Target decision date
14 August 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15058884
Comments
0
Documents
3
Constraints
18

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

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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