Land At E550177 N277983 Pools Road Wilburton Cambridgeshire
Approved on 26 May 2026
Delegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Change of use of land to provide 2 gypsy / traveller pitches with residential static caravan, touring caravan, day room, bin store, altered access and associated works
- Received
- 13 February 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 14
- Ward
- Stretham
- ReceivedReceived13 Feb
- ValidatedValidated13 Feb
- Consult.Consultation8 Oct
- TargetTarget Date10 Apr
- DecidedDecided26 May
Decided in 102 days (council typically 42)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Land At E550177 N277983 Pools Road Wilburton Cambridgeshire. East Cambridgeshire has handled 950 applications of this type. This one was decided in 102 days, 9 weeks longer than East Cambridgeshire's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 37 applications across Stretham.
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
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Large
- Parish
- Wilburton
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 13 February 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 8 October 2026
- Consultation start
- 25 September 2026
- Consultation end
- 8 October 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 25 September 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 8 October 2026
- Target decision date
- 10 April 2026
- Committee meeting
- 5 August 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- FAO Mr Antony Smith Cleveland House Old Station Road Newmarket CB8 8QE
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 26 February 2026
- Advertisement expiry
- 12 March 2026
- Site notice start
- 23 February 2026
- Site notice end
- 16 March 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14703893
- Documents
- 101
- Constraints
- 6
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Flood zone 3: High 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.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: East Cambridgeshire
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