Octavia View 10A - 14 South Brink Wisbech Cambridgeshire PE13 1JQ

F/YR21/1330/FFull Planning PermissionApproved

Full

Approved on 3 February 2022

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Change of use of ground-floor GP Surgery to Hairdressers and Erect a detached building for use as a night shelter (single-storey, 10no bedrooms)

Received: 30 September 2021
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 7
Council: Fenland District Council
Ward: Medworth Wisbech
Agent: Philip Ottewell Architect

ReceivedReceived30 Sep
ValidatedValidated4 Nov
Consult.Consultation19 Jan
TargetTarget Date30 Dec
DecidedDecided3 Feb

Decided in 91 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Octavia View 10A - 14 South Brink Wisbech Cambridgeshire PE13 1JQ. Fenland has handled 2,964 applications of this type. This one was decided in 126 days, 8 weeks longer than Fenland's typical decision time. The site is in the Wisbech conservation area, with 17 listed buildings nearby. There have been 13 other applications at this address. We hold 1,399 applications in total for the PE13 postcode area.

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

Postcode: PE13 1JQ
Application type: Full Planning Permission
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Wisbech Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 4 November 2021
Consultation expiry: 19 January 2022
Consultation start: 5 January 2022
Consultation end: 19 January 2022
Neighbour consultation start: 23 November 2021
Neighbour consultation end: 14 December 2021
Last date for comments: 19 January 2022
Target decision date: 30 December 2021
Permission expires: 3 February 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent: Philip Ottewell Architect
Agent address: Holly Cottage Brinkley Southwell Nottingham NG25 0TP

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 1 December 2021
Advertisement expiry: 15 December 2021

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-10236909
Documents: 56
Constraints: 8

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
Conservation area: Wisbech
Listed building: Grade II: 11, South BrinkOn this site · +5 more
Article 4 direction: Household Extensions and Alterations in Wisbech and Bowthorpe Conservation Areas+1 more
Heritage at Risk Register: Wisbech

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.

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ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongsideF/YR21/1331/LB

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