Former Highways Depot Queens Street March Cambridgeshire
Approved on 29 May 2020
Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Erect 21 x dwellings (8 x 2-storey 2-bed and 13 x 2-storey 3-bed) involving demolition of former depot buildings including the erection of a 2.4 metre boundary fence adjacent to nos. 1-4 Stevens Way
- Received
- 22 November 2019
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 21
- Council
- Fenland District Council
- Ward
- March North
- Agent
- The Planning and Design Bureau Ltd
- ReceivedReceived22 Nov
- ValidatedValidated9 Dec
- Consult.Consultation6 Apr
- TargetTarget Date9 Mar
- DecidedDecided29 May
Decided in 172 days (council typically 70)
About this application
This is a full planning application for demolition at Former Highways Depot Queens Street March Cambridgeshire. Fenland has handled 2,964 applications of this type. This one was decided in 189 days, 17 weeks longer than Fenland's typical decision time. There have been 11 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 55 applications across March North.
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
- Large
- Number of dwellings
- 21
- Parish
- March Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 9 December 2019
- Consultation expiry
- 29 May 2020
- Consultation start
- 23 March 2020
- Consultation end
- 6 April 2020
- Neighbour consultation start
- 29 May 2020
- Neighbour consultation end
- 29 May 2020
- Last date for comments
- 29 May 2020
- Target decision date
- 9 March 2020
- Permission expires
- 29 May 2023
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- The Planning and Design Bureau Ltd
- Agent address
- 45 Hart Road Thundersley Benfleet Essex SS7 3PB
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Alison Hoffman
- Statutory period
- 91 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 31 December 2019
- Advertisement expiry
- 15 January 2020
- Site notice start
- 18 December 2019
- Site notice end
- 11 January 2020
Additional information
- Documents
- 120
- Constraints
- 10
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Brownfield land register: Former Highways Depot, Queens Street, MARCH, PE15 8SNRegister 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 (22)
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 and heritage coasts.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 201617 Mar
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