4 Fordham Road Soham Cambridgeshire CB7 5AQ
Approved on 14 October 2026
Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)4 conditions
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Proposal
Partial demolition of existing wall, proposed erection of single storey rear extension
- Received
- 28 July 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 2
- Ward
- Soham South
- ReceivedReceived28 Jul
- ValidatedValidated29 Jul
- Consult.Consultation15 Oct
- TargetTarget Date23 Sep
- DecidedDecided14 Oct
Decided in 77 days (council typically 42)
About this application
This is a full planning application for demolition at 4 Fordham Road Soham Cambridgeshire CB7 5AQ. East Cambridgeshire has handled 950 applications of this type. This one was decided in 78 days, 5 weeks longer than East Cambridgeshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Lechlade conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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 5AQ
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Soham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 29 July 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 15 October 2026
- Consultation start
- 14 October 2026
- Consultation end
- 15 October 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 30 July 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 20 August 2026
- Target decision date
- 23 September 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Acre Cottage Acre Road Carlton Newmarket CB8 9LF
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 24 September 2026
- Advertisement expiry
- 8 October 2026
- Site notice start
- 16 September 2026
- Site notice end
- 7 October 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-15114878
- Documents
- 13
- Constraints
- 23
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Soham
- Article 4 direction: 4 Fordham Road, Soham
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)
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, 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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