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1 - 3 Bridge Street Wisbech Cambridgeshire

F/YR22/0768/FFull Planning PermissionApproved
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Approved on 10 February 2023

Council decision: GrantPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from retail and offices to 2 commercial units (use class E) and 33 flats (1-bedroom) with associated alterations and removal of glass roof

Received
31 March 2022
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
11
Ward
Medworth Wisbech
Agent
ARC Survey & Design Consultants Ltd
  1. Received31 Mar
  2. Validated27 Jun
  3. Consult.31 Jan
  4. Target26 Sep
  5. Decided10 Feb

Decided in 228 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 1 - 3 Bridge Street Wisbech Cambridgeshire. Fenland has handled 2,964 applications of this type. This one was decided in 316 days, 35 weeks longer than Fenland's typical decision time. The site is in the Wisbech conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address.

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

Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
33
Parish
Wisbech Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 June 2022
Consultation expiry
31 January 2023
Consultation start
31 January 2023
Consultation end
31 January 2023
Neighbour consultation start
6 July 2022
Neighbour consultation end
27 July 2022
Last date for comments
31 January 2023
Target decision date
26 September 2022
Committee meeting
8 February 2023
Permission expires
10 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
ARC Survey & Design Consultants Ltd
Architect profile
ARC SURVEY AND DESIGN CONSULTANTS LTD
Agent address
8B Cyrus Way Hampton Peterborough PE7 8HP

Planning decision

Case officer
Alison Hoffman
Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
13 July 2022
Advertisement expiry
27 July 2022
Site notice start
8 July 2022
Site notice end
29 July 2022

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11153336
Documents
77
Constraints
11

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
  • Conservation area: Wisbech
  • Listed building: Grade II: Post OfficeOn this site · +4 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.

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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© 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.

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