Play Area Recreation Ground Fountain Lane Soham Cambridgeshire
Approved on 16 February 2026
Council decision: Condition/s Discharged
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Proposal
To discharge Condition 6 (soft landscaping maintenance scheme) 9 (arboricultural method statement) of decision dated 30 May 2025 for 25/00167/FUL To extend current skatepark
- Received
- 23 January 2026
- Public comments
- 2
- Ward
- Soham South
- ReceivedReceived23 Jan
- ValidatedValidated23 Jan
- Consult.Consultation16 Feb
- TargetTarget Date20 Mar
- DecidedDecided16 Feb
Decided in 24 days (council typically 42)
About this application
This is an application to discharge conditions at Play Area Recreation Ground Fountain Lane Soham Cambridgeshire. East Cambridgeshire has handled 766 applications of this type. This one was decided in 24 days, 3 weeks quicker than East Cambridgeshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Soham conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 44 applications across Soham South.
96% of conditions 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
- Discharge of Conditions - 1st Submission
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Soham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 23 January 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 16 February 2026
- Consultation start
- 2 February 2026
- Consultation end
- 16 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 20 March 2026
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14629028
- Documents
- 10
- Constraints
- 15
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Soham
- Article 4 direction: 22 - 28 Clay Street, SohamNext to the site · +2 more
- Tree Preservation Order: TPO/E/02/02Protected tree on or next to this site · +1 more
- Brownfield land register: Walter Gidney Pavilion Fountain Lane Soham Ely Cambridgeshire CB7 5EDRegister site at or near this address
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (18)
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 and heritage coasts.
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Associated applications
- 202623 Jan
To discharge Biodiversity Net Gain Condition in relation to decision dated 30 May 2025 for 25/00167/FUL
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This applicationCondition/s DischargedDischarge of conditions25/00167/DISA - 202512 Feb
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ApprovedFull ApplicationPart of25/00167/FUL
Source: East Cambridgeshire
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