The Rectory Rectory Lane Somersham Huntingdon PE28 3EL

26/00044/TRCAWorks to Tree in Con AreaApproved

Approved on 6 February 2026

Council decision: Consent toDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Hawthorn hedge: Remove 5x limbs of up to 5 metres

Received: 9 January 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Huntingdonshire District Council
Ward: Somersham

ReceivedReceived9 Jan
ValidatedValidated19 Jan
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date2 Mar
DecidedDecided6 Feb

Decided in 18 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Rectory Rectory Lane Somersham Huntingdon PE28 3EL. Huntingdonshire has handled 1,444 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 4 weeks quicker than Huntingdonshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Somersham conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 39 applications across Somersham. We hold 3,481 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 3EL
Application type: Works to Tree in Con Area
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Somersham

Planning application dates

Date validated: 19 January 2026
Target decision date: 2 March 2026
Permission expires: 6 February 2028

Planning decision

Statutory period: 42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14610892
Documents: 3

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Conservation area: Somersham
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 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

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

Source: Huntingdonshire

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