Adjacent 2 High Road Little Downham Cambridgeshire

26/00861/TREWork to tree within Conservation areaApproved

Approved on 18 September 2026

Council decision: Allow (TREE)

Proposal

T3 Wild Plum - Shorten branches overhanging the garden back to the vertical boundary T4 Ash - Prune back overhanging branches back to the vertical boundary. T5 Ash - Reduce the overhanging branches back to the vertical boundary

Received: 13 August 2026
Public comments: 0 · last counted 3 October 2026
Council: East Cambridgeshire District Council
Ward: Downham

ReceivedReceived13 Aug
ValidatedValidated17 Aug
Consult.Consultation8 Sep
TargetTarget Date28 Sep
DecidedDecided18 Sep

Decided in 32 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at Adjacent 2 High Road Little Downham Cambridgeshire. East Cambridgeshire has handled 1,134 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days, 6 days quicker than East Cambridgeshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Little Downham conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 30 applications across Downham.

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: Little Downham

Planning application dates

Date validated: 17 August 2026
Consultation expiry: 8 September 2026
Consultation start: 17 August 2026
Consultation end: 8 September 2026
Target decision date: 28 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address: FAO Mr Tim Hewitt 27 High Street Cottenham CB24 8SA

Planning decision

Statutory period: 42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-15155742
Documents: 4
Constraints: 8

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: Little Downham
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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.

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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.

Source: East Cambridgeshire

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