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25 East Fen Common Soham Ely Cambridgeshire CB7 5JH

26/00050/FULFull ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 19 March 2026

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)6 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of shed and garage/store and replace with new garage/store

Received
15 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Ward
Soham South
  1. Received15 Jan
  2. Validated22 Jan
  3. Consult.25 Feb
  4. Target19 Mar
  5. Decided19 Mar

Decided in 56 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 25 East Fen Common Soham Ely Cambridgeshire CB7 5JH. East Cambridgeshire has handled 950 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 3 weeks longer than East Cambridgeshire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application 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 5JH
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Soham

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 January 2026
Consultation expiry
27 February 2026
Consultation start
19 March 2026
Consultation end
25 February 2026
Neighbour consultation start
27 January 2026
Neighbour consultation end
17 February 2026
Target decision date
19 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
FAO Mr Dean Holmes 69 Guntons Close Soham Ely CB7 5DJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
5 February 2026
Advertisement expiry
19 February 2026
Site notice start
6 February 2026
Site notice end
27 February 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14625015
Documents
12
Constraints
29

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation 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, 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

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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