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Downfield Farm Fordham Road Soham Ely Cambridgeshire CB7 5AH

21/00291/DISKDischarge of Condition - 11th SubmissionAwaiting decision
Discharge / amendments
Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

To discharge Condition 23 (Travel Plan) of decision 21/00291/OUM dated 31st October 2023 for outline application for the demolition of existing buildings and erection of up to 210 dwellings (including self-build and affordable housing), 1 community building, and associated infrastructure. All matters reserved except access.

Received
11 March 2026
Decision due
6 May 2026
Public comments
1
Ward
Soham South
  1. Received11 Mar
  2. Validated11 Mar
  3. Consult.31 Mar
  4. Target6 May
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 31 March.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (6)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at Downfield Farm Fordham Road Soham Ely Cambridgeshire CB7 5AH. East Cambridgeshire has handled 766 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 11 March 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 44 applications across Soham South. We hold 653 applications in total for the CB7 postcode area.

96% of conditions 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 5AH
Application type
Discharge of Condition - 11th Submission
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
210
Parish
Soham

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 March 2026
Consultation expiry
31 March 2026
Consultation start
17 March 2026
Consultation end
31 March 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14754967
Documents
6
Constraints
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: Downfield Farm Fordham Road Soham Ely Cambridgeshire CB7 5AHRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

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 and heritage coasts.

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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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.

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

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: East Cambridgeshire

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