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18-20 High Street Soham Ely Cambridgeshire CB7 5HE

25/00134/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 5 June 2025

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of existing single storey, flat-roofed storage area. Subdivision of existing commercial unit to create two units including alterations to existing shopfront to create additional entrance. Part change of use and single and first floor level extensions to create 1 new flat, new ground floor openings and associated works

Received
5 February 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
8
Ward
Soham South
  1. Received5 Feb
  2. Validated7 Mar
  3. Consult.3 Apr
  4. Target2 May
  5. Decided5 Jun

Decided in 90 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 18-20 High Street Soham Ely Cambridgeshire CB7 5HE. East Cambridgeshire has handled 950 applications of this type. This one was decided in 120 days, 11 weeks 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 5HE
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Soham

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 March 2025
Consultation expiry
7 April 2025
Consultation start
5 June 2025
Consultation end
3 April 2025
Neighbour consultation start
5 June 2025
Neighbour consultation end
3 April 2025
Target decision date
2 May 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO Mr Craig Farrow Unit 13 E-Space South 26 St Thomas Place Ely CB7 4EX

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
20 March 2025
Advertisement expiry
3 April 2025
Site notice start
17 March 2025
Site notice end
7 April 2025

Appeal history

3367509
Split Decision
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 19 September 2025Dev Type: Minor retail and servicesReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13750066
Documents
43
Constraints
18

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
  • Brownfield land register: 1 Brook Dam Lane Soham Ely Cambridgeshire CB7 5HZRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

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 and heritage coasts.

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

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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.

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    18 Jun

    To discharge Condition 3 (external materials) of decision 25/00134/FUL

    Condition/s DischargedDischarge of conditions25/00134/DISA
  2. 2025
    5 Feb

    Demolition of existing single storey, flat-roofed storage area. Subdivision of existing commercial unit to…

    This applicationApprovedFull25/00134/FUL

Source: East Cambridgeshire

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