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44 High Street Somersham Huntingdon PE28 3JB

23/00023/TRCAWorks to Tree in Con AreaApproved

Approved on 17 February 2023

Council decision: Consent toDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 Yew: fell due to increasing lean. G1 Lime: re-pollard to previous pruning points at 3.5m. Re-pollard up to 3 times within the next 10 years. G2 Lime: reduce by approx. 4 metres to match height of G1 at 3.5m. Re-pollard up to 3 times within the next 10 years.

Received
6 January 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Somersham
Agent
Cambridge Trees Ltd
  1. Received6 Jan
  2. Validated6 Jan
  3. Consult.27 Jan
  4. Target17 Feb
  5. Decided17 Feb

Decided in 42 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 44 High Street Somersham Huntingdon PE28 3JB. Huntingdonshire has handled 1,444 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 2 weeks quicker than Huntingdonshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Somersham conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There have been 8 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 40 applications across Somersham. 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 3JB
Application type
Works to Tree in Con Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Somersham

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 January 2023
Last date for comments
27 January 2023
Target decision date
17 February 2023
Permission expires
17 February 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Cambridge Trees Ltd
Agent address
39 London Street Godmanchester Huntingdon PE29 2HX

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11822757
Documents
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Somersham
  • Listed building: Grade II: 44, High StreetOn this site · +2 more
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 007/94Part of the site · +1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, 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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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Planning history at this site

9 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    5 Dec

    T1 Dead Birch: Fell T2 Ash: Fell

    ApprovedWorks to Tree in Con Area25/02346/TRCA
  2. 2024
    20 Nov

    T1 Robinia in front lawn: fell close to ground level Reason: tree is decayed at the base and in the main stem…

    ApprovedWorks to Protected Tree24/02165/TREE
  3. 2021
    24 May

    DD. T1 - Holly - fell.

    ApprovedWorks to Protected Tree21/01252/TREE
  4. 2020
    25 Sep

    T1 Horse Chestnut: fell to ground level. This is a substantial tree which has been declining for several…

    ApprovedWorks to Protected Tree20/01875/TREE
  5. 2020
    30 Mar

    T1 Sycamore: fell to ground level. The main stem of this tree has a column of decay approx. 50% of stem…

    ApprovedWorks to Protected Tree20/00685/TREE
  6. 2019
    29 Jun

    T1 Lime: Fell and replace

    ApprovedWorks to Protected Tree19/01323/TREE

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