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Site Rear Of 57 To 65 Mereside Soham Cambridgeshire

23/00997/OUTOutline ApplicationAwaiting decision
Outline / PiP
Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Residential development of 3no two storey dwellings, garaging, parking, access road and associated site works - phased development

Received
13 November 2023
Decision due
8 January 2024
Public comments
9
Ward
Soham North
  1. Received13 Nov
  2. Validated13 Nov
  3. Consult.15 Feb
  4. Target8 Jan
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 15 February.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (34)

About this application

This is an outline application at Site Rear Of 57 To 65 Mereside Soham Cambridgeshire. East Cambridgeshire has handled 313 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 13 November 2023 and is still awaiting a decision. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 22 applications across Soham North.

80% of outline 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
Outline Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Soham

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 November 2023
Consultation expiry
15 February 2024
Consultation start
1 February 2024
Consultation end
15 February 2024
Neighbour consultation start
15 November 2023
Neighbour consultation end
6 December 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
6 Regent Place Soham Ely Cambridgeshire CB7 5RL

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
23 November 2023
Advertisement expiry
14 December 2023
Site notice start
16 November 2023
Site notice end
7 December 2023

Additional information

Documents
34
Constraints
17

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
Also checked, none recorded (24)

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, 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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© 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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