Storage Yard South Of 5 And 6 High Street Fronting Castle Mews Wisbech Cambridgeshire
Approved on 10 October 2011
Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of use of storage yard to 2-storey 1-bed dwelling
- Received
- 7 January 2011
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 3
- Council
- Fenland District Council
- Ward
- Medworth Wisbech
- Agent
- Peter Humphrey Associates Ltd
- ReceivedReceived7 Jan
- ValidatedValidated7 Feb
- Consult.Consultation3 Aug
- TargetTarget Date4 Apr
- DecidedDecided10 Oct
Decided in 245 days (council typically 70)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Storage Yard South Of 5 And 6 High Street Fronting Castle Mews Wisbech Cambridgeshire. Fenland has handled 2,964 applications of this type. This one was decided in 276 days, 29 weeks longer than Fenland's typical decision time. The site is in the Wisbech conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.
90% of full applications at Fenland District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 10 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Wisbech Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 7 February 2011
- Consultation expiry
- 3 August 2011
- Consultation start
- 20 July 2011
- Consultation end
- 3 August 2011
- Neighbour consultation start
- 20 July 2011
- Neighbour consultation end
- 10 March 2011
- Last date for comments
- 10 August 2011
- Target decision date
- 4 April 2011
- Decision issued
- 11 October 2011
- Permission expires
- 11 October 2014
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Peter Humphrey Associates Ltd
- Architect profile
- PETER HUMPHREY ASSOCIATES LIMITED
- Agent address
- 31 Old Market Wisbech Cambs PE13 1NB
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 2 March 2011
- Advertisement expiry
- 16 March 2011
- Site notice start
- 22 February 2011
- Site notice end
- 15 March 2011
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-01320394
- Documents
- 11
- Constraints
- 6
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Wisbech
- Article 4 direction: Household Extensions and Alterations in Wisbech and Bowthorpe Conservation Areas+1 more
- Brownfield land register: 11 - 12 High Street Wisbech CambridgeshireRegister site at or near this address
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Not published by this council, so not checked: tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.
Also checked, none recorded (18)
flood storage areas, 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 and heritage coasts.
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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