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5 Market Place Wisbech Cambridgeshire PE13 1DT

F/YR23/0390/LBListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 28 September 2023

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Partial demolition of a fire damaged listed building

Received
19 April 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
6
Ward
Wisbech South
Agent
Guy St John Taylor Associates Architects Ltd
  1. Received19 Apr
  2. Validated3 May
  3. Consult.1 Sep
  4. Target28 Jun
  5. Decided28 Sep

Decided in 148 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a heritage application for demolition at 5 Market Place Wisbech Cambridgeshire PE13 1DT. Fenland has handled 251 applications of this type. This one was decided in 162 days, 13 weeks longer than Fenland's typical decision time. The site is in the Wisbech conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 71 applications across Wisbech South. We hold 1,396 applications in total for the PE13 postcode area.

100% of heritage 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 1DT
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wisbech Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 May 2023
Consultation expiry
1 September 2023
Consultation start
18 August 2023
Consultation end
1 September 2023
Neighbour consultation start
17 May 2023
Neighbour consultation end
8 June 2023
Last date for comments
1 September 2023
Target decision date
28 June 2023
Permission expires
28 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Guy St John Taylor Associates Architects Ltd
Architect profile
GUY ST JOHN TAYLOR ASSOCIATES LIMITED
Agent address
Top Lock Studio Navigation Yard Millgate Newark Notts NG24 4TN

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
24 May 2023
Advertisement expiry
8 June 2023
Site notice start
26 May 2023
Site notice end
17 June 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12002944
Documents
43
Constraints
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Wisbech
  • Listed building: Grade II: 5 Market PlaceOn this site · +7 more
  • Article 4 direction: Household Extensions and Alterations in Wisbech and Bowthorpe Conservation Areas+1 more
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Wisbech
  • 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.

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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© 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.

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Source: Fenland

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