Wisbech And Fenland Museum Museum Square Wisbech Cambridgeshire PE13 1ES
Approved on 24 March 2022
Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Non-material amendment: Erect a retaining wall to courtyard relating to planning permission F/YR19/1073/F (Change of use of existing museum (D1) to mixed use to create a pop-up cafe with a courtyard seating area involving insertion of new pedestrian access with a 2.1m high (max height) timber gate to side and the demolition of existing shed and lean-to)
- Received
- 24 January 2022
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Fenland District Council
- Ward
- Medworth Wisbech
- Agent
- Swann Edwards Architecture Limited
- ReceivedReceived24 Jan
- ValidatedValidated9 Feb
- Consult.Consultation7 Mar
- TargetTarget Date9 Mar
- DecidedDecided24 Mar
Decided in 43 days (council typically 70)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at Wisbech And Fenland Museum Museum Square Wisbech Cambridgeshire PE13 1ES. Fenland has handled 268 applications of this type. This one was decided in 59 days, 11 days quicker 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.
90% of amendment 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
- Non-Material Amendment
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Wisbech Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 9 February 2022
- Consultation expiry
- 7 March 2022
- Consultation start
- 14 February 2022
- Consultation end
- 7 March 2022
- Last date for comments
- 7 March 2022
- Target decision date
- 9 March 2022
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
- 28 days
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Wisbech
- Article 4 direction: Household Extensions and Alterations in Wisbech and Bowthorpe Conservation Areas+1 more
- 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.
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Planning history at this site
6 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20229 Dec
Details reserved by conditions 02 (surfacing and boundary repairs) relating to Listed Building consent…
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsF/YR22/3159/COND - 202123 Jul
Details reserved by conditions 02 (surfacing and boundary repairs), 03 (brick bonding/coping), 04 (mortar…
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsF/YR21/3106/COND - 202115 Jul
External works to a Listed Building for 2no new rainwater outlet, hopper and rainwater pipes
ApprovedListed building consentF/YR21/0976/LB - 202124 Jun
Details reserved by conditions 2 (roof) and 3 (roof lantern) of planning permission F/YR21/0259/F
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsF/YR21/3074/COND - 202123 Feb
Alterations to existing building to include: Raise level of plinth and railings on south side, new security…
ApprovedFull Planning PermissionF/YR21/0259/F - 202126 Jan
External works to a listed building to include: additional rainwater pipe on north side, new basement…
ApprovedListed building consentF/YR21/0260/LB
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- Wisbech And Fenland Museum Museum Square Wisbech Cambridgeshire PE13 1ESF/YR22/3159/COND · ConditionsApproved0.0 mi
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