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Land South West Of The Garage The Sanctuary Garden Lane Wisbech St Mary Cambridgeshire

F/YR21/1244/FFull Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 15 February 2022

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of land to a traveller's site involving the siting of 2 x mobile homes and 2 x touring caravans, and the erection of 2 x Day Rooms and a 1.8m high (approx) boundary fence

Received
21 September 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
5
Ward
Parson Drove/Wisbech St Mary
Agent
Alexandra Design
  1. Received21 Sep
  2. Validated21 Oct
  3. Consult.30 Nov
  4. Target16 Dec
  5. Decided15 Feb

Decided in 117 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Land South West Of The Garage The Sanctuary Garden Lane Wisbech St Mary Cambridgeshire. Fenland has handled 2,964 applications of this type. This one was decided in 147 days, 11 weeks longer than Fenland's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.

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Application details

Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wisbech St Mary Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 October 2021
Consultation expiry
15 February 2022
Consultation start
9 November 2021
Consultation end
30 November 2021
Neighbour consultation start
15 February 2022
Neighbour consultation end
15 February 2022
Last date for comments
15 February 2022
Target decision date
16 December 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent
Alexandra Design
Agent address
Southfork Farm Seadyke Bank Murrow PE13 4SD

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal

Appeal reference
22/00008/REF
Appeal status
Appeal allowed
Appeal result
Appeal Allowed

Appeal history

3298331
Allowed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 19 January 2024Dev Type: Minor traveller and caravan pitchesReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-10236238
Documents
63
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium 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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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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Source: Fenland

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