Windermere Lodge 51 Mereside Soham Ely Cambridgeshire CB7 5EE
Approved on 16 October 2026
Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)5 conditions
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Proposal
Demolition of existing conservatory to allow for erection of a single storey extension to rear and side along with internal additions and alterations
- Received
- 4 June 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 4
- Ward
- Soham North
- ReceivedReceived4 Jun
- ValidatedValidated4 Jun
- Consult.Consultation18 Sep
- TargetTarget Date30 Jul
- DecidedDecided16 Oct
Decided in 134 days (council typically 42)
About this application
This is a full planning application for demolition at Windermere Lodge 51 Mereside Soham Ely Cambridgeshire CB7 5EE. East Cambridgeshire has handled 950 applications of this type. This one was decided in 134 days, 13 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 22 applications across Soham North. 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 5EE
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Soham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 4 June 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 18 September 2026
- Consultation start
- 16 October 2026
- Consultation end
- 18 September 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 22 June 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 30 June 2026
- Target decision date
- 30 July 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- FAO Mr Jamie Palmer 131A Brook Street Soham Cambridgeshire CB7 5AE
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 18 June 2026
- Advertisement expiry
- 2 July 2026
- Site notice start
- 18 June 2026
- Site notice end
- 9 July 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14985860
- Documents
- 18
- Constraints
- 17
Site constraints
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.
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Source: East Cambridgeshire
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