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Land Rear Of 7 And 7A Townsend Soham Cambridgeshire

22/01194/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 30 May 2023

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed development of seven dwellings, garages, parking, access and associated site works

Received
12 October 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
12
Ward
Soham North
  1. Received12 Oct
  2. Validated11 Nov
  3. Consult.25 Apr
  4. Target6 Jan
  5. Decided30 May

Decided in 200 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Land Rear Of 7 And 7A Townsend Soham Cambridgeshire. East Cambridgeshire has handled 950 applications of this type. This one was decided in 230 days, 27 weeks longer than East Cambridgeshire's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 22 applications across Soham North.

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 Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Soham

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 November 2022
Consultation expiry
25 April 2023
Consultation start
30 May 2023
Consultation end
25 April 2023
Neighbour consultation start
30 May 2023
Neighbour consultation end
19 April 2023
Target decision date
6 January 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
6 Regent Place Soham Ely Cambridgeshire CB7 5RL

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
24 November 2022
Advertisement expiry
15 December 2022

Appeal history

3309148
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 21 November 2023Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Documents
61
Constraints
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: Land To Rear Of 7 & 7A Townsend Soham Cambridgeshire CB7 5DBRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
  • 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

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© 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.

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Source: East Cambridgeshire

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