The Manse Main Street Bythorn Huntingdon PE28 0QR Data via plota.co.uk

26/01056/TREE - Works to Protected Tree Refused

Proposal

Sycamore - Remove. Will increase visual amenity value to the area, while also allowing access for the emptying of the septic tank by lorry Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
11 Jun 2026
✓
Consultation
11 Jun 2026
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Refused
21 Aug 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 21 Aug 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 26 Aug 2026

Site constraints 5

Grade II listed: The Old Manse
List entry 1164688 · The pin is inside its outline · 6 more listed buildings within 150 m (1 Grade II*, 5 Grade II)
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.
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Historic England ↗
Bythorn 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.
Public footpath 18 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
Agricultural land, grade 3a
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) 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.
Protected tree 7 m away: Tree Preservation Order number TPO 07.00 The Manse, The Green, Bythorn, order 007/00
2 protected trees within 15 m. Named in a tree preservation order: work to it, its roots included, needs the council's consent first.
Root protection areas reach up to 15 m from a large tree, so an extension or new foundations this close usually needs a tree survey. Only some councils publish their single trees, and a position can be approximate: the order at the council is the definitive record, and no tree shown is not proof there is none.
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Tree record ↗
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 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 £550,000 in June 2009. Detached house, freehold.

18 June 2009£550,000
26 May 2006£525,000
1 June 2000£135,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Application type
Works to Protected Tree
Postcode
PE28 0QR
Received
11 Jun 2026
Validated
11 Jun 2026
Ward
Kimbolton
Parish
Bythorn And Keyston
Case officer
Show
Target decision
6 Aug 2026
Decision
Refuse
Decision date
21 Aug 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
Ethical Arboriculture Limited

How this decision compares

Decided in 71 days from validation, 52 days slower than Huntingdonshire's median of 19 for tree and landscaping works. Refused, as 3% 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

No public comments yet.

1 neighbour consulted · Last counted 26 Aug 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15002708
Planning Portal ref
PP-15002708
Neighbours
11 Jun 2026
Consultation
11 Jun 2026
Comments by
2 Jul 2026
Statutory expiry
6 Aug 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

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use