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Fen Cottage 2 West End Wilburton Ely Cambridgeshire CB6 3RE

20/00701/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 17 August 2020

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of a 2-storey rear extension involving the demolition and rebuilding of the rear lean-to extension and felling of a Silver Birch tree

Received
3 June 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Stretham
  1. Received3 Jun
  2. Validated3 Jun
  3. Consult.1 Jul
  4. Target29 Jul
  5. Decided17 Aug

Decided in 75 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Fen Cottage 2 West End Wilburton Ely Cambridgeshire CB6 3RE. East Cambridgeshire has handled 950 applications of this type. This one was decided in 75 days, 5 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 37 applications across Stretham. 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 3RE
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wilburton

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 June 2020
Consultation expiry
9 July 2020
Consultation start
17 August 2020
Consultation end
1 July 2020
Neighbour consultation start
12 June 2020
Neighbour consultation end
3 July 2020
Target decision date
29 July 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent address
9 Cricketers Close March Cambridgeshire PE15 9RU

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
18 June 2020
Advertisement expiry
9 July 2020
Site notice start
12 June 2020
Site notice end
3 July 2020

Additional information

Documents
29
Constraints
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Wilburton
  • 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.

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

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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2016
    19 Jan

    T1 Silver Birch - Reduce crown by 25%

    ApprovedWork to tree within Conservation area16/00091/TRE

Source: East Cambridgeshire

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