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Downham Feoffes School Main Street Little Downham Ely Cambridgeshire CB6 2ST

07/01173/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 17 December 2007

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Courtyard enclosure to form a new library/office

Received
12 October 2007
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Downham Villages
  1. Received12 Oct
  2. Validated23 Oct
  3. Consult.22 Nov
  4. Target18 Dec
  5. Decided17 Dec

Decided in 55 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Downham Feoffes School Main Street Little Downham Ely Cambridgeshire CB6 2ST. East Cambridgeshire has handled 950 applications of this type. This one was decided in 66 days, 3 weeks longer than East Cambridgeshire's typical decision time. There have been 8 other applications at this address. We hold 1,593 applications in total for the CB6 postcode area.

87% of full applications at East Cambridgeshire District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 6 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
CB6 2ST
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Little Downham

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 October 2007
Consultation expiry
3 December 2007
Consultation start
1 November 2007
Consultation end
22 November 2007
Neighbour consultation start
30 October 2007
Neighbour consultation end
20 November 2007
Target decision date
18 December 2007

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Wellbrook Court Girton Road Cambridge CB3 0NA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
8 November 2007
Advertisement expiry
29 November 2007
Site notice start
12 November 2007
Site notice end
3 December 2007

Additional information

Documents
1
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Little DownhamPart of the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Planning history at this site

8 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2023
    12 Dec

    T1 Horse Chestnut - Fell (tree is dead)

    ApprovedWork to tree within Conservation area23/01359/TRE
  2. 2022
    18 Jan

    Retain existing mobile classroom

    ApprovedFull Application22/00018/FUL
  3. 2017
    11 Oct

    To comply with Condition 8 (Tree Topping, Lopping and Felling) of Decision Notice E/95/00775/CCA

    ApprovedTree Condition Compliance17/01831/TCON
  4. 2014
    3 Sep

    T3 Sycamore : Remove decayed stemT4 Sycamore : Re - pollard to previous pollard points

    ApprovedWork to tree within Conservation area14/01052/TRE
  5. 2013
    23 May

    T1 Horse Chestnut - Reduce height by 3 metres, shorten laterals overhanging play area by 4 metres and over…

    ApprovedWork to tree within Conservation area13/00409/TRE
  6. 2011
    10 Jan

    Pruning of Horse Chestnut tree and Red Chestnut tree.

    ApprovedWork to tree within Conservation area11/00030/TRE

Source: East Cambridgeshire

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