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The Elms Thicket Road Houghton

24/02238/TREEWorks to Protected TreeDecided

Decided on 24 April 2025

Council decision: Split advertisement or tree decisionDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

T1 Ash - Sectional fell close to ground level and remove from site. Tree has a large pocket of decay at the base and in one of the main roots T2 Oak - Reduce 2m laterally away from back garden of no. 58 to reduce shade cast and debris falling into garden. Tree is decayed at base.

Received
29 November 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hemingford Grey And Houghton
Agent
Cambridge Trees Ltd
  1. Received29 Nov
  2. Validated29 Nov
  3. Consult.20 Dec
  4. Target24 Jan
  5. Decided24 Apr

Decided in 146 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Elms Thicket Road Houghton. Huntingdonshire has handled 1,444 applications of this type. The site is in the Houghton and Wyton conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 125 applications across Hemingford Grey And Houghton.

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

Application type
Works to Protected Tree
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Houghton And Wyton

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 November 2024
Consultation expiry
20 December 2024
Consultation start
29 November 2024
Consultation end
20 December 2024
Last date for comments
20 December 2024
Target decision date
24 January 2025
Decision issued
25 April 2025
Permission expires
25 April 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-13601883
Documents
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Houghton and Wyton
  • Listed building: Grade II: The ElmsOn this site
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 004/67Covers the site
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.

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Source: Huntingdonshire

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