17 Fordham Road Soham Ely Cambridgeshire CB7 5AQ
Approved on 1 February 2023
Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Front boundary wall - retrospective
- Received
- 7 December 2022
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 2
- Ward
- Soham South
- ReceivedReceived7 Dec
- ValidatedValidated7 Dec
- Consult.Consultation18 Jan
- TargetTarget Date1 Feb
- DecidedDecided1 Feb
Decided in 56 days (council typically 42)
About this application
This is a full planning application at 17 Fordham Road Soham Ely Cambridgeshire CB7 5AQ. East Cambridgeshire has handled 950 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 2 weeks longer than East Cambridgeshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Alrewas conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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.
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
- CB7 5AQ
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Soham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 7 December 2022
- Consultation expiry
- 18 January 2023
- Consultation start
- 1 February 2023
- Consultation end
- 18 January 2023
- Neighbour consultation start
- 13 December 2022
- Neighbour consultation end
- 6 January 2023
- Target decision date
- 1 February 2023
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- FAO Mr Parkinson Unit 4 Northfield Rd Business Park Northfield Road Soham CB7 5UE
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 19 December 2022
- Site notice end
- 12 January 2023
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-11750593
- Documents
- 9
- Constraints
- 10
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: SohamPart of the site
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)
flood storage 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, 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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Source: East Cambridgeshire
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