Sycamore House 107 Duchess Drive Newmarket Suffolk CB8 8AL Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
T12 Common Beech - The upper crown has previously failed with mid canopy growth now dominating and filling as the upper crown. The Crown is in good physiological with no major deadwood. Area of previous failure has some decay and hollowing. Unions close to decay are expected to be weakened with further growth. Request permission to reduce height by approximately 3m, and reduce lateral spread over residential property by 1.5m. Aim of works to mitigate risk of failure by reducing sail and wind loading of high traffic area below. What3Words location: ///motivations.tramps.obtain Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 3 Jul 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 6 Jul 2026
Documents 2
Decision & officer reports 1
Other documents 1
Site constraints 4
Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. 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 £490,000 in March 2019. 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 April 2015, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. 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
- CB8 8AL
- Received
- 11 May 2026
- Validated
- 13 May 2026
- Ward
- Woodditton
- Parish
- Cheveley
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 8 Jul 2026
- Decision
- Consent (TREE)
- Decision date
- 3 Jul 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Shelford Tree Service Ltd
How this decision compares
Decided in 51 days from validation, 15 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 →
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14903261
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14903261
- Consultation
- 3 Jul 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 8 Jul 2026
Historical activity at this location
21 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.
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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