Houghton Bury Thicket Road Houghton Huntingdon PE28 2DB Data via plota.co.uk

26/01571/5DAY - Dead Or Dangerous Tree 5 Day Notice Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

T1 Weeping Willow - Sectional fell close to ground level. Tree lost a major limb on the 25th August and is 80% + hollow and decayed at the base up to 3m Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
26 Aug 2026
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Approved
13 Oct 2026

Approved on 13 Oct 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 13 Oct 2026

Documents

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Site constraints 7

Grade II listed: Houghton Bury
List entry 1330796 · The pin is inside its outline
Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
Historic England ↗
Houghton and Wyton conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
SSSI 111 m away: Houghton Meadows SSSI
Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 3; Priority habitat 18 m away: Deciduous woodland; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 4, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) 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.

Building

Floor area299 m² (3,218 sq ft)
Energy ratingF (35 out of 100), could reach C
PropertyDetached house, 11 habitable rooms
BuiltBefore 1900
HeatingBoiler and radiators, oil
WallsSolid brick, as built, no insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in March 2025, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council
Huntingdonshire
Application type
Dead Or Dangerous Tree 5 Day Notice
Postcode
PE28 2DB
Received
26 Aug 2026
Validated
26 Aug 2026
Ward
Hemingford Grey And Houghton
Parish
Houghton And Wyton
Case officer
Show
Target decision
3 Sept 2026
Decision
have No Objection to
Decision date
13 Oct 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
Cambridge Trees Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 48 days from validation, 28 days slower than Huntingdonshire's median of 20 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 98% of tree and landscaping works here are.

84%decided within 8 weeks
98%approved
296decided in the last year

Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by Huntingdonshire in the last twelve months, from validation. Huntingdonshire decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 13 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15186465
Planning Portal ref
PP-15186465
Statutory expiry
3 Sept 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

4 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Approved
T1 Oak - Crown Reduce by up to 2m, removing dominant regrowth from the previous pruning p…
25/00416/TRCA
2025 Approved
T1 Oak - Crown Reduce by up to 2m, removing dominant regrowth from the previous pruning p…
25/00416/TRCA
2016 Approved
Fell a large mature Holly (marked as T2 on the accompanying sketch plan)
16/00718/TRCA
2016 Approved
Fell a large mature Holly (marked as T2 on the accompanying sketch plan)
16/00718/TRCA
Huntingdonshire
Planning Authority Score
3.9/10
Below average
#197 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Huntingdonshire is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #210 out of 296. 55% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (95%) than the national average (90%).

Slower than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Huntingdonshire decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
88%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #155 of 296
95%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #80 of 296
55%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #210 of 296
55%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #250 of 296
69%
Minor dwellings approved
175 decided (1-9 homes)
91%
Major dwellings approved
22 decided (10+ homes)
87%
Change of use approved
52 decided
1,077
Total decisions
125 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

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.