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Ibbotts Garage 1 Ely Road Sutton Ely Cambridgeshire CB6 2QD

21/00702/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 28 October 2021

Council decision: Permitted RetrospectiveDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of Use of part of garage showroom to wedding dress shop (sui generis to Class E) - Retrospective

Received
25 May 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Sutton
  1. Received25 May
  2. Validated25 May
  3. Consult.8 Nov
  4. Target20 Jul
  5. Decided28 Oct

Decided in 156 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at Ibbotts Garage 1 Ely Road Sutton Ely Cambridgeshire CB6 2QD. East Cambridgeshire has handled 950 applications of this type. This one was decided in 156 days, 16 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 27 applications across Sutton. 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 2QD
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Sutton

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 May 2021
Consultation expiry
8 November 2021
Consultation start
28 October 2021
Consultation end
8 November 2021
Neighbour consultation start
6 September 2021
Neighbour consultation end
20 September 2021
Target decision date
20 July 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Toms Hole Barn Branch Bank Prickwillow Ely Cambridgeshire CB7 4UR

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
21 June 2021
Site notice end
12 July 2021

Appeal history

3278146
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 4 February 2022Dev Type: Minor offices/R&D/light industryReason: Refusal
3278667
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 12 November 2021Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Documents
26
Constraints
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low 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.

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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