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5 The Paddock Bluntisham Huntingdon PE28 3NR

17/00041/TREEWorks to Protected TreeApproved

Approved on 17 March 2017

Council decision: Consent toDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

L5 (lime), Reduce crown (not just height) by 3.5-4m to suitable growth points to leave a flowing crown formA1 (ash), Reduce phototropic growth on east side back into shape of existing canopy. Raise the crown by an additional metre from ground level. L4 (lime) Remove lowest lateral branches, crown clean and undertake climbing inspection of the fork. Consider installation of flexible bracing

Received
10 January 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Holywell-cum-Needingworth
  1. Received10 Jan
  2. Validated11 Jan
  3. Consult.1 Feb
  4. Target8 Mar
  5. Decided17 Mar

Decided in 65 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 5 The Paddock Bluntisham Huntingdon PE28 3NR. Huntingdonshire has handled 1,444 applications of this type. This one was decided in 66 days, 10 days longer than Huntingdonshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Bluntisham conservation area, with 8 listed buildings nearby. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 76 applications across Holywell-cum-Needingworth. We hold 3,483 applications in total for the PE28 postcode area.

97% of trees applications at Huntingdonshire District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
PE28 3NR
Application type
Works to Protected Tree
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bluntisham

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 January 2017
Consultation expiry
1 February 2017
Consultation start
11 January 2017
Consultation end
1 February 2017
Last date for comments
1 February 2017
Target decision date
8 March 2017
Permission expires
17 March 2019

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-05742908
Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Bluntisham
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 24/020Covers the site · +1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

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, 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

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© 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.

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Planning history at this site

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2024
    2 Dec

    T1 Lime: remove epicormic growth from main stem, up to first fork at 6m, reduce crown by approx 2m. T2 Lime…

    RefusedWorks to Protected Tree24/02261/TREE
  2. 2024
    22 Aug

    TPO 002/73 Walnut - Remove - Dead wood and leaf reduction.

    ApprovedWorks to Protected Tree24/01535/TREE
  3. 2023
    13 Feb

    L4 - American Limes - Crown Reduce by 2-3m, remove epicormic growth on stem to branch break and removal of…

    Split advertisement or tree decisionWorks to Protected Tree23/00256/TREE
  4. 2022
    30 Nov

    Tree L3 - American Lime - Reshape crown, remove dead wood and lift crown to 5m to avoid damages from buses…

    Split advertisement or tree decisionWorks to Protected Tree22/02460/TREE
  5. 2012
    25 Sep

    Crown lifting, removal of epicormic and basal growth and removal of dead branches to 5 lime trees

    ApprovedWorks to Protected Tree1201546TREE

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