36 Commercial End Swaffham Bulbeck Cambridge CB25 0NE Data via plota.co.uk

26/00949/TRE - Work to tree within Conservation area Pending Consideration

Proposal

T1 Norway Spruce - Fell as outgrown the space available and close to dwelling T2 Purple Plum - Reduce crown by up to 1.5m, remove dead and decayed branches T3 Bay Laurel - Reduce height by up to 3m and prune to retain the shape, leaving approximately 2m in width… Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
7 Sept 2026
Consultation
10 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 19 Oct 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 12 Oct 2026, from East Cambridgeshire's recent tree and landscaping works. Comments are open until 1 Oct 2026.

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Site constraints 3

Swaffham Bulbeck 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 ↗
Agricultural land, grade 3a
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Predicted from the national soil map. The older provisional map agrees.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 12 September 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.

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Important details

Application type
Work to tree within Conservation area
Postcode
CB25 0NE
Received
7 Sept 2026
Validated
7 Sept 2026
Ward
Bottisham
Parish
Swaffham Bulbeck
Case officer
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Target decision
19 Oct 2026
Applicant
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Decision outlook

Day 7 of the 56-day target. East Cambridgeshire usually decides tree and landscaping works by day 35.

Day 749 days to the 56-day target
100%decided within 8 weeks
97%approved
180decided in the last year

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.

1 neighbour consulted · Last counted 12 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15205465
Neighbours
10 Sept 2026
Consultation
10 Sept 2026
Comments by
1 Oct 2026
Statutory expiry
19 Oct 2026
East Cambridgeshire
Planning Authority Score
6.1/10
Average
#97 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other decisions

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%).

Faster than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
East Cambridgeshire decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
86%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #193 of 296
89%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #202 of 296
76%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #65 of 296
34%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #85 of 296
74%
Minor dwellings approved
124 decided (1-9 homes)
80%
Major dwellings approved
15 decided (10+ homes)
87%
Change of use approved
30 decided
697
Total decisions
96 refused in the year to March 2026