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42 High Street Chatteris Cambridgeshire

F/YR20/0264/FFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 18 May 2020

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from retail floorspace (A1) to extend existing cafe floorspace (A3)

Received
18 February 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Wenneye Chatteris
Agent
Swann Edwards Architecture Limited
  1. Received18 Feb
  2. Validated23 Mar
  3. Consult.17 Apr
  4. Target18 May
  5. Decided18 May

Decided in 56 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 42 High Street Chatteris Cambridgeshire. Fenland has handled 2,964 applications of this type. This one was decided in 90 days, 3 weeks longer than Fenland's typical decision time. The site is in the Chatteris conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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
Chatteris Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 March 2020
Consultation expiry
24 April 2020
Consultation start
27 March 2020
Consultation end
17 April 2020
Neighbour consultation start
27 March 2020
Neighbour consultation end
19 April 2020
Last date for comments
24 April 2020
Target decision date
18 May 2020
Permission expires
18 May 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Swann Edwards Architecture Limited
Architect profile
SWANN EDWARDS ARCHITECTURE LIMITED
Agent address
Black Barn Fen Road Guyhirn Wisbech Cambs PE13 4AA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
8 April 2020
Advertisement expiry
24 April 2020
Site notice start
1 April 2020
Site notice end
24 April 2020

Additional information

Documents
17
Constraints
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Chatteris
  • Listed building: Grade II: 42, High StreetOn this site · +1 more
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Chatteris
  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2020
    18 Feb

    Internal works to a listed building

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongsideF/YR20/0248/LB
  2. 2020
    18 Feb

    Change of use from retail floorspace (A1) to extend existing cafe floorspace (A3)

    This applicationApprovedFullF/YR20/0264/F

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