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Soham Village College Sand Street Soham Ely Cambridgeshire CB7 5AA

23/01069/FUMFull MajorApproved
Full

Approved on 10 April 2024

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Construction of synthetic turf pitch with goal recesses, spectator area, perimeter fencing, sports lighting, storage container, link path with amenity lighting and existing tree removal

Received
27 September 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
10
Ward
Soham South
  1. Received27 Sep
  2. Validated27 Sep
  3. Consult.3 Apr
  4. Target27 Dec
  5. Decided10 Apr

Decided in 196 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Soham Village College Sand Street Soham Ely Cambridgeshire CB7 5AA. East Cambridgeshire has handled 950 applications of this type. This one was decided in 196 days, 22 weeks longer than East Cambridgeshire's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications 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 5AA
Application type
Full Major
Scale / size
Large
Parish
Soham

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 September 2023
Consultation expiry
3 April 2024
Consultation start
10 April 2024
Consultation end
3 April 2024
Neighbour consultation start
2 October 2023
Neighbour consultation end
23 October 2023
Target decision date
27 December 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO Mr Neil McHugh Mill Farm Hathern Road Shepshed LE12 9RP

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
12 October 2023
Advertisement expiry
2 November 2023
Site notice start
9 October 2023
Site notice end
30 October 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12442003
Documents
82
Constraints
8

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
  • Conservation area: SohamPart of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: 2, Sand StreetOn or next to this site · +1 more
  • Article 4 direction: 16 Sand Street, SohamPart of the site · +2 more
  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO/E/15/90Protected tree on or next to this site
  • Heritage at Risk Register: SohamPart of the site
Also checked, none recorded (19)

flood storage areas, 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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