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Begdale House Begdale Road Elm Wisbech Cambridgeshire PE14 0AZ

F/YR23/0757/FFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 13 November 2023

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Change of use of an existing residential care home and school (C2/F1) to further educational use only (Use Class F1), and the formation of a car park

Received
19 July 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Ward
Elm And Christchurch
Agent
Emery Planning
  1. Received19 Jul
  2. Validated15 Sep
  3. Consult.16 Oct
  4. Target10 Nov
  5. Decided13 Nov

Decided in 59 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Begdale House Begdale Road Elm Wisbech Cambridgeshire PE14 0AZ. Fenland has handled 2,964 applications of this type. This one was decided in 117 days, 7 weeks longer than Fenland's typical decision time. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 54 applications across Elm And Christchurch. We hold 1,698 applications in total for the PE14 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
PE14 0AZ
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Elm Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 September 2023
Consultation expiry
18 October 2023
Consultation start
25 September 2023
Consultation end
16 October 2023
Neighbour consultation start
25 September 2023
Neighbour consultation end
16 October 2023
Last date for comments
18 October 2023
Target decision date
10 November 2023
Permission expires
13 November 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Emery Planning
Agent address
1-4 South Park Business Court Hobson Street Macclesfield SK11 8BS

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
27 September 2023
Site notice end
18 October 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12251988
Documents
28
Constraints
6

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

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

Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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.

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