Highfen Farm Prior Fen Upware Ely Cambridgeshire CB7 5YJ
Approved on 12 March 2021
Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Hip to gable loft conversion with front and rear dormer windows
- Received
- 6 January 2021
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Bottisham
- ReceivedReceived6 Jan
- ValidatedValidated6 Jan
- Consult.Consultation1 Feb
- TargetTarget Date3 Mar
- DecidedDecided12 Mar
Decided in 65 days (council typically 42)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a loft conversion at Highfen Farm Prior Fen Upware Ely Cambridgeshire CB7 5YJ. East Cambridgeshire has handled 950 applications of this type. This one was decided in 65 days, 3 weeks longer than East Cambridgeshire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 47 applications across Bottisham. We hold 653 applications in total for the CB7 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
- CB7 5YJ
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Swaffham Prior
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 6 January 2021
- Consultation expiry
- 8 March 2021
- Consultation start
- 12 March 2021
- Consultation end
- 1 February 2021
- Neighbour consultation start
- 26 February 2021
- Neighbour consultation end
- 2 February 2021
- Target decision date
- 3 March 2021
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- FAO Mr Dean Goodchild The Tram Shed 184 East Road Cambridge CB1 1BG
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 15 February 2021
- Site notice end
- 8 March 2021
Appeal history
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)
flood storage areas, conservation 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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Source: East Cambridgeshire
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