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25/02435/TRCA - Works to Tree in Con Area Approved

Proposal

G2 Ash: Remove tree to ground level (x 3tree) G6 Elm: Fell 1 x Bifurcated dead tree and 2 x ivy clad dead trees T42 Elder (Dead): Remove tree to ground level T54 Lime: Lateral reduction of Eastern side to rebalance (up to 2m) T57 Willow: Repollard to previous pollard points T60 Cherry: Remove 2x tree to ground level T68 Birch: Crown lift to 3m from ground level T74 Cherry (dead): Section tree down to 3-4m habitat monolith T77 Rowan (dead): Remove tree to ground level T78 Lime: Remove epicormic growth to 5m T79 Cherry (dead): Remove tree to ground level T83 Cherry (dead): Remove tree to ground level T84 Cherry: Crown lift to 3m from ground level T92 Cherry: Remove tree to ground level T123 Elm: Section down to 2-3m habitat monolith T125 Elm (dead): Remove tree to ground level H3 Elm (dead): Fell 2x Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
18 Dec 2025
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Approved
29 Dec 2025

Approved on 29 Dec 2025 · Delegated · Last checked 5 Oct 2026

Site constraints 6

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea
High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
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 ↗
Agricultural land, grade 2
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 3. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
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.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 3; 2 listed buildings within 150 m.
Not affected
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.

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Important details

Application type
Works to Tree in Con Area
Postcode
PE28 2AZ
Received
18 Dec 2025
Validated
18 Dec 2025
Ward
Hemingford Grey And Houghton
Parish
Houghton And Wyton
Case officer
Show
Target decision
29 Jan 2026
Decision
Consent to
Decision date
29 Dec 2025
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
East Cambridge Trading Company

How this decision compares

Decided in 11 days from validation, 8 days faster than Huntingdonshire's median of 19 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 97% of tree and landscaping works here are.

87%decided within 8 weeks
97%approved
242decided 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

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Last counted 5 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14576275
Planning Portal ref
PP-14576275
Statutory expiry
29 Jan 2026
Env. assessment
No
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