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8A Townsend Little Downham Ely Cambridgeshire CB6 2TA

26/00981/TREPermitted

Proposal

T1 Weeping Willow - Remove to ground level as it has severe decay at the base of the tree and has become unsafe T2 variegated Boxelder Maple - Reduce the whole crown by 2-3 meters

Received
14 September 2026
Decided
9 October 2026 · Allow (TREE)
Public comments
0 · last counted 9 October 2026
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.
  1. Received14 Sep
  2. Validated14 Sep
  3. Consult.7 Oct
  4. Target26 Oct
  5. Decided9 Oct

Decided in 25 days

This is a planning application at 8A Townsend Little Downham Ely Cambridgeshire CB6 2TA. East Cambridgeshire has handled 4,044 applications of this type and approves 93% of them, typically deciding them in 50 days. This one was decided in 25 days, 4 weeks quicker than East Cambridgeshire's median. The site is in the Little Downham conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 1,549 applications in total for the CB6 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
26/00981/TRE
Address
8A Townsend Little Downham Ely Cambridgeshire CB6 2TA
Postcode
CB6 2TA
Local Authority
East Cambridgeshire
Decision Status
Permitted
Current Status
Decided

Applicant & Agent

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
14 September 2026
Target Decision Date
26 October 2026
Date Decided
9 October 2026
Date Validated
14 September 2026
Date Submitted
14 September 2026
Consultation End
7 October 2026

Planning Decision

Decision
Allow (TREE)

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Documents
7
Coordinates
52.430634, 0.234008
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: East Cambridgeshire

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Planning constraints

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

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 2026-10-09. 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.

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