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Land South West Of 14 To 20 Ely Road Little Downham Cambridgeshire

21/01322/FUMFull MajorApproved
Full

Approved on 25 July 2024

Council decision: ApprovePlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of 39 affordable dwellings and associated infrastructure

Received
6 September 2021
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
15
Ward
Downham
  1. Received6 Sep
  2. Validated14 Sep
  3. Consult.13 May
  4. Target14 Dec
  5. Decided25 Jul

Decided in 1045 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a new dwelling at Land South West Of 14 To 20 Ely Road Little Downham Cambridgeshire. East Cambridgeshire has handled 950 applications of this type. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 30 applications across Downham.

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

Application type
Full Major
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
39
Parish
Little Downham

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 September 2021
Consultation expiry
13 May 2024
Consultation start
25 July 2024
Consultation end
13 May 2024
Neighbour consultation start
25 July 2024
Neighbour consultation end
13 May 2024
Target decision date
14 December 2021
Committee meeting
6 March 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO Mr Robert Newsham Unit 9 The Forum Minerva Business Park Lynchwood Peterborough PE2 6FT

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
23 September 2021
Advertisement expiry
14 October 2021
Site notice start
2 October 2023
Site notice end
23 October 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-10181859
Documents
203
Constraints
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO/E/08/23Protected tree on or next to this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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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© 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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  11. 2021
    6 Sep

    Erection of 39 affordable dwellings and associated infrastructure

    This applicationApprovedFull21/01322/FUM

Source: East Cambridgeshire

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