4 Bridge Street Wisbech Cambridgeshire PE13 1AF
Approved on 6 March 2024
Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of use of existing offices (Class E) to a house of multiple of occupation (HMO) for up to 10 persons (Sui-Generis), involving the alteration of existing shopfront
- Received
- 12 October 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Fenland District Council
- Ward
- Wisbech South
- Agent
- Wilson Architects
- ReceivedReceived12 Oct
- ValidatedValidated28 Nov
- Consult.Consultation21 Feb
- TargetTarget Date23 Jan
- DecidedDecided6 Mar
Decided in 99 days (council typically 70)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at 4 Bridge Street Wisbech Cambridgeshire PE13 1AF. Fenland has handled 2,964 applications of this type. This one was decided in 146 days, 11 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 70 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 1AF
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Wisbech Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 28 November 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 6 March 2024
- Consultation start
- 31 January 2024
- Consultation end
- 21 February 2024
- Neighbour consultation start
- 6 March 2024
- Neighbour consultation end
- 6 March 2024
- Last date for comments
- 6 March 2024
- Target decision date
- 23 January 2024
- Permission expires
- 6 March 2027
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Wilson Architects
- Architect profile
- WILSON ARCHITECTS LTD
- Agent address
- Think Tank Ruston Way Lincoln LN6 7FL
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 20 December 2023
- Advertisement expiry
- 6 January 2024
- Site notice start
- 14 December 2023
- Site notice end
- 7 January 2024
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-12515215
- Documents
- 55
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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Source: Fenland
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