Site Of Old British Gas Depot Chase Street Wisbech Cambridgeshire
Approved on 24 October 2024
Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Erect 19 x dwellings (2-storey 3-bed) including extension to existing footway and demolition of buildings
- Received
- 11 July 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Fenland District Council
- Ward
- Wisbech Riverside
- Agent
- Archi-tekt Partnership LTD
- ReceivedReceived11 Jul
- ValidatedValidated11 Dec
- Consult.Consultation27 Mar
- TargetTarget Date11 Mar
- DecidedDecided24 Oct
Decided in 318 days (council typically 70)
About this application
This is a full planning application for demolition at Site Of Old British Gas Depot Chase Street Wisbech Cambridgeshire. Fenland has handled 2,964 applications of this type. This one was decided in 471 days, 57 weeks longer than Fenland's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 34 applications across Wisbech Riverside.
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
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Large
- Number of dwellings
- 19
- Parish
- Wisbech Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 11 December 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 27 March 2024
- Consultation start
- 13 March 2024
- Consultation end
- 27 March 2024
- Neighbour consultation start
- 15 December 2023
- Neighbour consultation end
- 8 January 2024
- Last date for comments
- 27 March 2024
- Target decision date
- 11 March 2024
- Permission expires
- 24 October 2027
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Archi-tekt Partnership LTD
- Architect profile
- ARCHI-TEKT PARTNERSHIP LIMITED
- Agent address
- Victoria Works 77 Francis Road Edgbaston Birmingham B16 8SP
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 91 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 3 January 2024
- Advertisement expiry
- 17 January 2024
- Site notice start
- 9 January 2024
- Site notice end
- 30 January 2024
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-12300103
- Documents
- 71
Site constraints
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
- Brownfield land register: Site Of Old British Gas Depot Chase Street Wisbech CambridgeshireRegister site at or near this address
Not published by this council, so not checked: tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.
Also checked, none recorded (21)
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 and heritage coasts.
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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