8 Martin Close Soham Ely Cambridgeshire CB7 5EJ
Refused on 18 June 2024
Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
New outbuilding for hobbies room in front garden
- Received
- 23 April 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Ward
- Soham North
- ReceivedReceived23 Apr
- ValidatedValidated23 Apr
- Consult.Consultation29 May
- TargetTarget Date18 Jun
- DecidedDecided18 Jun
Decided in 56 days (council typically 42)
About this application
This is a full planning application for an outbuilding at 8 Martin Close Soham Ely Cambridgeshire CB7 5EJ. 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 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 22 applications across Soham North. 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 5EJ
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Soham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 23 April 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 6 June 2024
- Consultation start
- 18 June 2024
- Consultation end
- 29 May 2024
- Neighbour consultation start
- 30 April 2024
- Neighbour consultation end
- 22 May 2024
- Target decision date
- 18 June 2024
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 114 Hobson Avenue Trumpington Cambridge CB2 9BE
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 15 May 2024
- Site notice end
- 6 June 2024
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13005111
- Documents
- 8
- Constraints
- 9
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: SohamNext to 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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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: East Cambridgeshire
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