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The Old Piggery Tower Farm Tower Road Little Downham Ely Cambridgeshire CB6 2TD

19/00977/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 12 September 2019

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of existing barn with consent for residential conversion and erection of 1no. residential dwelling, garaging, stables and associated site works

Received
8 July 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
10
Ward
Downham
  1. Received8 Jul
  2. Validated8 Jul
  3. Consult.21 Aug
  4. Target2 Sep
  5. Decided12 Sep

Decided in 66 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at The Old Piggery Tower Farm Tower Road Little Downham Ely Cambridgeshire CB6 2TD. 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 has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 30 applications across Downham. We hold 1,595 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 2TD
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Little Downham

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 July 2019
Consultation expiry
21 August 2019
Consultation start
31 July 2019
Consultation end
21 August 2019
Neighbour consultation start
16 July 2019
Neighbour consultation end
6 August 2019
Target decision date
2 September 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent address
6 Regent Place Soham Ely Cambridgeshire CB7 5RL

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
25 July 2019
Advertisement expiry
15 August 2019
Site notice start
19 July 2019
Site notice end
9 August 2019

Additional information

Documents
26
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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

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Associated applications

  1. 2022
    19 May

    To discharge conditions 3 (Contamination), 5 (Foul and Surface Water Disposal Scheme), 6 (Archaeology), 7…

    Condition/s DischargedDischarge of conditions19/00977/DISA
  2. 2019
    8 Jul

    Demolition of existing barn with consent for residential conversion and erection of 1no. residential…

    This applicationApprovedFull19/00977/FUL

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