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2 Norfolk Street Wimblington March Cambridgeshire PE15 0QA

F/YR25/0132/FFull Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 29 January 2026

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)2 reasons for refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from shop storage to take-away, ancillary to existing shop

Received
22 January 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Doddington And Wimblington
Agent
Morton & Hall Consulting Ltd
  1. Received22 Jan
  2. Validated27 Jan
  3. Consult.29 Dec
  4. Target24 Mar
  5. Decided29 Jan

Decided in 367 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 2 Norfolk Street Wimblington March Cambridgeshire PE15 0QA. Fenland has handled 2,964 applications of this type. This one was decided in 372 days, 43 weeks longer than Fenland's typical decision time. The site is in 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 93 applications across Doddington And Wimblington. We hold 1,219 applications in total for the PE15 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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Why it was refused

  1. Insufficient information has been submitted with the application relating to odour and noise mitigation measures to assess adequately that the site is suitable for its use or can be made through appropriate remediation, without adversely impacting upon adjacent residential amenity. The use of the building as a takeaway will also impact on the residential character of the area. Accordingly, the proposal fails to accord with policies LP2 and LP16 of the Fenland Local Plan and paragraph 198 of the NPPF.
  2. Policy LP15 of the Fenland Local Plan (2014) require that schemes duly consider highway infrastructure impacts. The proposed development would result in a burden being placed on the surrounding area to meet the increased demand in parking, which would result in adverse impacts on highway safety. Such impacts are considered so significant as to warrant the refusal of the scheme in accordance with Policy LP15 of the Fenland Local Plan.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
PE15 0QA
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wimblington Parish Council
District
25/0051/PEND

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 January 2025
Consultation expiry
29 January 2026
Consultation start
15 December 2025
Consultation end
29 December 2025
Neighbour consultation start
29 January 2026
Neighbour consultation end
29 January 2026
Last date for comments
29 January 2026
Target decision date
24 March 2025

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

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13703586
Documents
49

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (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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