16 Cambridge Road Ely Cambridgeshire CB7 4HL Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
T1 Walnut - Crown lift the lowest branches over the car parking spaces to approximately 4-5 metres above ground level Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 9 Jul 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 11 Jul 2026
Documents 2
Decision & officer reports 1
Plans & drawings 1
Site constraints 4
Show all 3 with distances
- 43 m11, Cambridge RoadGrade II
- 133 mDove house to St John's FarmGrade I
- 133 mSt John's FarmhouseGrade I
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 2
Last sold for £684,000 in February 2026. 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 March 2024, 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 within Conservation area
- Postcode
- CB7 4HL
- Received
- 3 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 3 Jun 2026
- Ward
- Ely West
- Parish
- Ely
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 15 Jul 2026
- Decision
- Allow (TREE)
- Decision date
- 9 Jul 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Sutton Tree Services
How this decision compares
Decided in 36 days from validation, about the council's usual 36 days. 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-14984304
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14984304
- Neighbours
- 8 Jun 2026
- Consultation
- 9 Jul 2026
- Comments by
- 29 Jun 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 15 Jul 2026
Historical activity at this location
30 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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