3 Scrimshires Passage Wisbech Cambridgeshire PE13 1AP
Approved on 20 December 2023
Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of use from retail (A1) to 2-storey 3-bed dwelling (C3) to include external alterations
- Received
- 21 August 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 3
- Council
- Fenland District Council
- Ward
- Wisbech Riverside
- Agent
- Morton & Hall Consulting Ltd
- ReceivedReceived21 Aug
- ValidatedValidated4 Oct
- Consult.Consultation14 Dec
- TargetTarget Date29 Nov
- DecidedDecided20 Dec
Decided in 77 days (council typically 70)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at 3 Scrimshires Passage Wisbech Cambridgeshire PE13 1AP. Fenland has handled 2,964 applications of this type. This one was decided in 121 days, 7 weeks longer than Fenland's typical decision time. The site is in the Wisbech conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 34 applications across Wisbech Riverside. 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 1AP
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Wisbech Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 4 October 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 14 December 2023
- Consultation start
- 30 November 2023
- Consultation end
- 14 December 2023
- Neighbour consultation start
- 26 October 2023
- Neighbour consultation end
- 16 November 2023
- Last date for comments
- 14 December 2023
- Target decision date
- 29 November 2023
- Permission expires
- 20 December 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Morton & Hall Consulting Ltd
- Architect profile
- MORTON AND HALL CONSULTING LIMITED
- Agent address
- 1 Gordon Avenue March Cambs PE15 8AJ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 8 November 2023
- Advertisement expiry
- 22 November 2023
- Site notice start
- 2 November 2023
- Site notice end
- 23 November 2023
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-12398743
- Documents
- 22
- Constraints
- 10
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Wisbech
- Article 4 direction: Household Extensions and Alterations in Wisbech and Bowthorpe Conservation Areas+1 more
- 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.
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