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Tydd St Giles Golf And Leisure Centre Kirkgate Tydd St Giles Wisbech Cambridgeshire PE13 5NZ

F/YR22/0368/FFull Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 16 September 2025

Council decision: Refuse2 reasons for refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

The siting of 51 x leisure holiday homes, erection of a bird hide, and formation of a lake and extension to existing lake

Received
7 December 2021
Public comments
101
Ward
Leverington And Wisbech Rural
Agent
PDC Engineering Ltd
  1. Received7 Dec
  2. Validated29 Mar
  3. Consult.16 Sep
  4. Target5 Sep
  5. Decided16 Sep

Decided in 1267 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at Tydd St Giles Golf And Leisure Centre Kirkgate Tydd St Giles Wisbech Cambridgeshire PE13 5NZ. Fenland has handled 2,964 applications of this type. There have been 12 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 69 applications across Leverington And Wisbech Rural. We hold 1,396 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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Why it was refused

  1. Tydd St Giles comprises circa 430 residential dwellings and is served by limited facilities and services (including limited public transport services). The proposed development is located within a 'Small Village' (as classified within the Fenland Settlement Hierarchy); and it is not located within a specific or broad location for growth identified within the Local Plan, or on the edge of a Market Town. The proposed development is for a further 48No. leisure homes (a 32% increase to the existing number of permitted leisure homes) which, cumulatively with Planning Decision Notice F/YR22/0368/F Town and Country Planning Act 1990 previous planning permissions, would result in a total of 196No. leisure homes being permitted within the overall Tydd St Giles Golf and Leisure Centre complex. The proposed development, cumulatively with the existing permitted tourist accommodation within the Tydd St Giles Golf and Leisure Centre complex, would result in a disproportionately large scale of tourist accommodation in comparison to the size and population of the village. In addition, the proposed development would be served by poor availability and accessibility of public transport services. The proposed development therefore fails to fit with the Council's spatial strategy for 'Small Villages' in terms of location, distribution and scale, and it would result in an unsustainable development, contrary to policies LP3 and LP6 of the Fenland Local Plan 2014.
  2. The proposed development would have adverse visual effects on the immediate site surroundings, particularly along parts of the north and west boundaries of the site when viewed from Eaudyke Bank. These impacts result from the close proximity of the quantum and proximity of the proposed lodges to the Eaudyke Bank, in addition to the lack of a sufficient landscape buffer. By virtue of the siting and quantum of the proposed holiday lodges, the proposed development would result in tourist accommodation development of a scale and in a location which fails to make a positive contribution to the local distinctiveness and character of the area, enhance its local setting, respond to and improve the character of the local built environment, reinforce local identity and preserve the landscape character of the surrounding area, contrary to policy LP16 of the Fenland Local Plan 2014.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
PE13 5NZ
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Large
Parish
Tydd St Giles Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 March 2022
Consultation expiry
4 October 2024
Consultation start
20 September 2024
Consultation end
16 September 2025
Neighbour consultation start
8 July 2024
Neighbour consultation end
22 July 2024
Last date for comments
4 October 2024
Target decision date
5 September 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
PDC Engineering Ltd
Architect profile
PDC ENGINEERING LTD
Agent address
Units T6-T7 Snetterton Business Park Harling Road Snetterton NR16 2JU

Planning decision

Case officer
Richard Fitzjohn
Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
13 April 2022
Advertisement expiry
29 April 2022
Site notice start
13 April 2022
Site notice end
7 May 2022

Appeal history

6005065
Allowed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: HearingDecision: 11 June 2026Dev Type: Other Major DevelopmentsReason: refused

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-10341789
Documents
569
Constraints
4

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)Part of the site
  • Article 4 direction: Small Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) in Wisbech

Not published by this council, so not checked: tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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.

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Planning history at this site

12 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2022
    20 Apr

    Details reserved by Condition 01 (Landscaping) of planning permission F/YR21/1318/F

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsF/YR22/3053/COND
  2. 2021
    11 Aug

    Variation of condition 8 to enable amendment to approved plans of planning permission F/YR15/1119/F

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)F/YR21/1147/VOC
  3. 2021
    23 Jun

    Stationing of a storage container for the installation of bio-mass heating system and construction of a…

    ApprovedFull Planning PermissionF/YR21/1318/F
  4. 2019
    4 Sep

    Stationing of a storage container for the installation of bio-mass heating system and construction of a…

    ApprovedFull Planning PermissionF/YR19/1067/F
  5. 2019
    11 Mar

    Change of use of land to include siting of 3no Leisure Homes (retrospective)

    ApprovedFull Planning PermissionF/YR19/0254/F
  6. 2016
    9 Jun

    Variation of Condition 4 relating to planning permission F/YR15/1119/F

    RefusedVariation of conditions (s73)F/YR16/0487/F

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