Chestnut House 31 Tower Road Ely Cambridgeshire CB7 4HW Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
T1 Horse Chestnut - Reduce by approximately 2.5m to previous points - as part of the tree's ongoing management Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 4 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 4 Sept 2026
Documents 3
Decision & officer reports 1
Plans & drawings 1
Application forms 1
Site constraints 4
Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.
Sales history 3
Last sold for £640,000 in November 2023. Detached house, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in May 2023, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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Important details
- Council
- East Cambridgeshire
- Application type
- Work to tree with existing TPO
- Postcode
- CB7 4HW
- Received
- 22 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 22 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Ely West
- Parish
- Ely
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 16 Sept 2026
- Decision
- Consent (TREE)
- Decision date
- 4 Sept 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- The Joshua Tree (Suffolk) Ltd
How this decision compares
Decided in 44 days from validation, 8 days slower than East Cambridgeshire's median of 36 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 96% of tree and landscaping works here are.
Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by East Cambridgeshire in the last twelve months, from validation. East Cambridgeshire decision record →
Public comments
No public comments yet.
Last counted 4 Sept 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-15102870
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-15102870
- Statutory expiry
- 16 Sept 2026
Historical activity at this location
26 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Previous applications at this address
Nearby activity
East Cambridgeshire is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #65 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (89%) than the national average (90%).
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use
Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.
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