44 High Street Somersham Huntingdon PE28 3JB
Approved on 24 January 2025
Council decision: Consent toDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
T1 Robinia in front lawn: fell close to ground level Reason: tree is decayed at the base and in the main stem up to approx. 3 metres G1 3x Lime at side of front garden: remove epicormic growth up to 5m crown lift to 5m over neighbouring car park and remove major dead wood Reason: to allow inspection of lower stems, tidy appearance and improve access in neighbouring car park G2 2x Sycamore at side of front garden: reduce laterally over car park by 2 - 2.5m and sever Ivy at base Reason: to improve access in neighbouring car park T2 Elm on front boundary: remove low branch back to main stem at 4m Reason: to clear overhead cables T3 Lime on front boundary: reduce to pollard at 3.5-4m Reason: to clear overhead cables and to manage in the future as a pollard in line with other Lime trees on front boundary T4 Sycamore in back garden: sectional fell close to ground level Reason: tree is heavily decayed at the base and leans over neighbouring garden
- Received
- 20 November 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Somersham
- Agent
- Cambridge Trees Ltd
- ReceivedReceived20 Nov
- ValidatedValidated20 Nov
- Consult.Consultation11 Dec
- TargetTarget Date15 Jan
- DecidedDecided24 Jan
Decided in 65 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 65 days, 9 days longer 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 Protected Tree
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Somersham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 20 November 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 11 December 2024
- Consultation start
- 20 November 2024
- Consultation end
- 11 December 2024
- Last date for comments
- 11 December 2024
- Target decision date
- 15 January 2025
- Permission expires
- 24 January 2027
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Cambridge Trees Ltd
- Agent address
- 39 London Street Godmanchester Huntingdon PE29 2HX
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13578009
- Documents
- 4
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Somersham
- 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.
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Planning history at this site
9 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20255 Dec
T1 Dead Birch: Fell T2 Ash: Fell
ApprovedWorks to Tree in Con Area25/02346/TRCA - 20236 Jan
T1 Yew: fell due to increasing lean. G1 Lime: re-pollard to previous pruning points at 3.5m. Re-pollard up to…
ApprovedWorks to Tree in Con Area23/00023/TRCA - 202124 May
DD. T1 - Holly - fell.
ApprovedWorks to Protected Tree21/01252/TREE - 202025 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 - 202030 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 - 201929 Jun
T1 Lime: Fell and replace
ApprovedWorks to Protected Tree19/01323/TREE - 201913 Mar
T1 Cypress: fell to ground level G1 4 x Lime: reduce to pollards at approx. 4 metres to match other Lime…
ApprovedWorks to Protected Tree19/00535/TREE - 201118 Jul
Installation of solar photovoltaic array to south facing roof slope of modern extension
RefusedListed building consent1101188LBC - 20054 Feb
Crown lift and crown reduce laterally by a maximum of 4 metres above ground level the branches of the lime…
ApprovedWorks to Protected Tree0500447TREE
Source: Huntingdonshire
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