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The Dove House 21B High Street Burwell Cambridge CB25 0HB

25/01252/CLPCertificate of lawfulness - proposedRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 30 January 2026

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

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Proposal

Replacement of seven existing windows

Received
14 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Burwell
  1. Received14 Nov
  2. Validated14 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target9 Jan
  5. Decided30 Jan

Decided in 77 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an outline application for window replacement at The Dove House 21B High Street Burwell Cambridge CB25 0HB. East Cambridgeshire has handled 313 applications of this type. This one was decided in 77 days, 5 weeks longer than East Cambridgeshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Burwell High Town conservation area, with 9 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 57 applications across Burwell. We hold 1,521 applications in total for the CB25 postcode area.

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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Why it was refused

  1. The Dove House, 21B High Street, Burwell, Cambridge, CB25 0HB is subject to Planning Permission 96/00746/FUL which granted planning permission for four detached dwellings incorporating, 2 reconstructed barns and 2 new dwellings on 9th January 1997. It is referred to as Plot 4 under this planning permission. Condition 19 of Planning Permission 96/00746/FUL states: "Notwithstanding the provisions of the Town and Country Planning General Development Order 1988 (or any order revoking or re-enacting that order), the dwelling hereby permitted shall not be extended or altered in any other way and no ancillary buildings shall be constructed in its curtilage without the written consent of the Local Planning Authority. Reason: In the interests of amenity." Although the proposed replacement of seven existing windows of The Dove House, 21B High Street, Burwell, Cambridge, CB25 0HB, as detailed in the application form and shown on the site location plan received 14th November 2025, would comply with Schedule 2, Part 1, Class A of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (as amended), this has been removed by Condition 19 of Planning Permission 96/00746/FUL.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
CB25 0HB
Application type
Certificate of lawfulness - proposed
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Burwell

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 November 2025
Target decision date
9 January 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14491195
Comments
0
Documents
4
Constraints
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Burwell - High Town
  • Article 4 direction: Hill Farm, 21 High Street, BurwellNext to the site · +1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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.

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.

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Source: East Cambridgeshire

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