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70 Paddock Street Soham Ely Cambridgeshire CB7 5JA

23/00746/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 25 August 2023

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Part garage conversion and associated works

Received
3 July 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Soham South
  1. Received3 Jul
  2. Validated3 Jul
  3. Consult.27 Jul
  4. Target28 Aug
  5. Decided25 Aug

Decided in 53 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at 70 Paddock Street Soham Ely Cambridgeshire CB7 5JA. East Cambridgeshire has handled 950 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 11 days longer than East Cambridgeshire's typical decision time. 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 5JA
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Soham

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 July 2023
Consultation expiry
4 August 2023
Consultation start
25 August 2023
Consultation end
27 July 2023
Neighbour consultation start
6 July 2023
Neighbour consultation end
27 July 2023
Target decision date
28 August 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO Mr Antony Smith Cleveland House Old Station Road Newmarket CB8 8QE

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
13 July 2023
Advertisement expiry
3 August 2023
Site notice start
14 July 2023
Site notice end
4 August 2023

Appeal history

3330833
Allowed
Type: Householder (HAS)Procedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 1 March 2024Dev Type: Householder developmentsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12278802
Documents
11
Constraints
19

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Soham
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Soham
  • 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.

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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