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Thorlabs 204 Lancaster Way Ely Cambridgeshire

22/00937/DISDDischarge of Conditions - 4th SubmissionApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 23 January 2026

Council decision: Condition/s Discharged

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

In relation to Thorlabs 204 Lancaster Way only - To discharge Conditions 5 (landscaping) 6 (biodiversity) 7 (energy sustainability) 12 (surface water) 13 (foul water) 14 (noise) 15 (waste management) 16 (fire hydrants) 17 (parking, turning and loading) of decision dated 22 December 2022 for 22/00937/VARM

Received
29 October 2025
Public comments
9
Ward
Ely West
  1. Received29 Oct
  2. Validated29 Oct
  3. Consult.31 Dec
  4. Target24 Dec
  5. Decided23 Jan

Decided in 86 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at Thorlabs 204 Lancaster Way Ely Cambridgeshire. East Cambridgeshire has handled 766 applications of this type. This one was decided in 86 days, 6 weeks longer than East Cambridgeshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Ely conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 34 applications across Ely West.

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

Application type
Discharge of Conditions - 4th Submission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Ely

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 October 2025
Consultation expiry
31 December 2025
Consultation start
15 December 2025
Consultation end
31 December 2025
Target decision date
24 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO Mr Edward Clarke The Studio Braebank Barns Elsworth Road Conington CB23 4LW

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14447163
Documents
66
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Ely
  • Listed building: Grade II: 11, Cambridge RoadOn this site
  • Article 4 direction: 13-25 (odds) Cambridge Road, ElyNext to the site
  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO/E/05/06Protected tree on or next to this site · +1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, 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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