Wisbech And Fenland Museum Museum Square Wisbech Cambridgeshire PE13 1ES

F/YR21/0260/LBListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 27 April 2021

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

External works to a listed building to include: additional rainwater pipe on north side, new basement security gates, raise level of plinth and railings on south side and new security fence

Received: 26 January 2021
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 3
Council: Fenland District Council
Ward: Medworth Wisbech
Agent: Ruth Brennan Architecture Ltd

ReceivedReceived26 Jan
ValidatedValidated23 Feb
Consult.Consultation15 Apr
TargetTarget Date20 Apr
DecidedDecided27 Apr

Decided in 63 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a heritage application at Wisbech And Fenland Museum Museum Square Wisbech Cambridgeshire PE13 1ES. Fenland has handled 251 applications of this type. This one was decided in 91 days, 3 weeks longer than Fenland's typical decision time. The site is in the Wisbech conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 6 other applications at this address. We hold 1,396 applications in total for the PE13 postcode area.

100% of heritage 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: PE13 1ES
Application type: Listed Building Consent
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Wisbech Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 23 February 2021
Consultation expiry: 15 April 2021
Consultation start: 1 April 2021
Consultation end: 15 April 2021
Neighbour consultation start: 12 March 2021
Neighbour consultation end: 3 April 2021
Last date for comments: 15 April 2021
Target decision date: 20 April 2021
Permission expires: 27 April 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent: Ruth Brennan Architecture Ltd
Architect profile: RUTH BRENNAN ARCHITECTURE LIMITED
Agent address: 12 School Lane Little Melton Norwich NR9 3NL

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 24 March 2021
Advertisement expiry: 9 April 2021

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-09453387
Documents: 29
Constraints: 7

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Conservation area: Wisbech
Listed building: Grade II*: The MuseumOn or next to this site
Article 4 direction: Household Extensions and Alterations in Wisbech and Bowthorpe Conservation Areas+1 more
Heritage at Risk Register: Wisbech
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 (19)

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, 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.

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5 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Fenland

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