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Langley Lodge Rest Home 26 Queens Road Wisbech Cambridgeshire PE13 2PE

F/YR23/0282/FFull Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 2 August 2023

Council decision: RefusePlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of a single-storey side/rear extension and formation of car parking to front of existing care home involving demolition of existing 2-storey building and removal of swimming pool

Received
10 February 2023
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
12
Ward
Wisbech South
Agent
Sharman Architecture
  1. Received10 Feb
  2. Validated28 Mar
  3. Consult.18 Jul
  4. Target23 May
  5. Decided2 Aug

Decided in 127 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Langley Lodge Rest Home 26 Queens Road Wisbech Cambridgeshire PE13 2PE. Fenland has handled 2,964 applications of this type. This one was decided in 173 days, 15 weeks longer than Fenland's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 71 applications across Wisbech South. 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 2PE
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Large
Parish
Wisbech Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 March 2023
Consultation expiry
2 August 2023
Consultation start
18 July 2023
Consultation end
18 July 2023
Neighbour consultation start
2 August 2023
Neighbour consultation end
2 August 2023
Last date for comments
2 August 2023
Target decision date
23 May 2023
Committee meeting
26 July 2023

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Sharman Architecture
Agent address
Oak Barn Willow Drove Borough Fen Peterborough PE6 7QB

Planning decision

Case officer
Zoe Blake
Statutory period
56 days

Appeal

Appeal reference
24/00004/REF
Appeal status
Appeal allowed
Appeal result
Appeal Allowed

Appeal history

3333116
Allowed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 31 July 2024Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11925881
Documents
103
Constraints
7

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)
  • 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.

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.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    2 Apr

    Variation of condition 2 (list of approved documents) of Planning Appeal APP/D0515/W/23/3333116

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)F/YR25/0340/VOC
  2. 2023
    10 Feb

    Erection of a single-storey side/rear extension and formation of car parking to front of existing care home…

    This applicationRefusedFullF/YR23/0282/F

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