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Begdale House Begdale Road Elm Wisbech Cambridgeshire PE14 0AZ

F/YR17/0035/FFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 15 March 2017

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conversion of existing stable/storage building to workshop, to be used in association with care home and school

Received
21 September 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Ward
Elm/Christchurch
Agent
Status Design
  1. Received21 Sep
  2. Validated18 Jan
  3. Consult.10 Feb
  4. Target15 Mar
  5. Decided15 Mar

Decided in 56 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Begdale House Begdale Road Elm Wisbech Cambridgeshire PE14 0AZ. Fenland has handled 2,964 applications of this type. This one was decided in 175 days, 15 weeks longer than Fenland's typical decision time. There have been 5 other applications at this address. We hold 1,698 applications in total for the PE14 postcode area.

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

Postcode
PE14 0AZ
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Elm Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 January 2017
Consultation expiry
10 February 2017
Consultation start
20 January 2017
Consultation end
10 February 2017
Neighbour consultation start
20 January 2017
Neighbour consultation end
10 February 2017
Last date for comments
10 February 2017
Target decision date
15 March 2017
Permission expires
15 March 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent
Status Design
Agent address
2 Edinburgh Walk Holbeach Spalding Lincs PE12 7AP

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
23
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site

Not published by this council, so not checked: tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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

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© 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.

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Planning history at this site

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2024
    4 Apr

    Details reserved by conditions 2 (access closure) and 8 (external lighting and CCTV) of planning permission…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsF/YR24/3067/COND
  2. 2023
    19 Jul

    Change of use of an existing residential care home and school (C2/F1) to further educational use only (Use…

    ApprovedFull Planning PermissionF/YR23/0757/F
  3. 2014
    8 May

    Detail reserved by condition 4 of planning permission F/YR14/0035/F

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsF/YR14/3048/COND
  4. 2013
    25 Oct

    Change of use of outbuilding to school for Direct Care residents and staff

    ApprovedFull Planning PermissionF/YR14/0035/F
  5. 2013
    16 Jan

    Certificate of Lawful Use (Proposed): Use of property as home providing care for 4 young people at risk

    ApprovedCertificate of lawfulness (Proposed use)F/YR13/0182/CERTP

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