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72 - 74 High Street March Cambridgeshire

F/YR20/0370/OOutline Planning PermissionApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 15 January 2021

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erect 11no 3-storey flats (6x3-bed and 5x2-bed) with part ground floor retail/office (outline application with matters committed in respect of access, appearance, layout and scale) involving demolition of existing building within a Conservation Area

Received
20 February 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
8
Ward
March East
Agent
MJS Construction (March) Ltd
  1. Received20 Feb
  2. Validated27 Apr
  3. Consult.9 Oct
  4. Target27 Jul
  5. Decided15 Jan

Decided in 263 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at 72 - 74 High Street March Cambridgeshire. Fenland has handled 626 applications of this type. This one was decided in 330 days, 37 weeks longer than Fenland's typical decision time. The site is in the March conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 30 applications across March East.

83% of outline 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
Outline Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
March Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 April 2020
Consultation expiry
15 January 2021
Consultation start
25 September 2020
Consultation end
9 October 2020
Neighbour consultation start
15 January 2021
Neighbour consultation end
15 January 2021
Last date for comments
15 January 2021
Target decision date
27 July 2020
Permission expires
15 January 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
MJS Construction (March) Ltd
Agent address
MJS House 425 Wisbech Road March Cambridgeshire PE15 0BA

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
13 May 2020
Advertisement expiry
28 May 2020

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08507265
Documents
53
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: March
  • Heritage at Risk Register: March
  • Brownfield land register: 72 - 74 High Street March 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 (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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 and heritage coasts.

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Source: Fenland

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