Somers Court Somers Road Wisbech Cambridgeshire
Approved on 17 June 2026
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Proposal
Erect 49 x retirement living flats in one block (part 3-storey and part 2-storey), with associated car parking and landscaping, involving the demolition of existing building
- Received
- 18 August 2025
- Council
- Fenland District Council
- Ward
- Wisbech Riverside
- ReceivedReceived18 Aug
- ValidatedValidated24 Sep
- Consult.Consultation16 Jun
- TargetTarget Date24 Dec
- DecidedDecided17 Jun
Decided in 266 days (council typically 70)
About this application
This is a full planning application for demolition at Somers Court Somers Road Wisbech Cambridgeshire. Fenland has handled 2,964 applications of this type. This one was decided in 303 days, 33 weeks longer than Fenland's typical decision time. The site is in 4 listed buildings nearby. 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
- Parish
- Wisbech Town Council
- District
- 25/0635/PEND
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 24 September 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 16 June 2026
- Consultation start
- 16 June 2026
- Consultation end
- 16 June 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 16 June 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 16 June 2026
- Last date for comments
- 16 June 2026
- Target decision date
- 24 December 2025
- Committee meeting
- 24 June 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Frankham Projects
- Agent address
- Irene House 7B Five Arches Business Park Maidstone Road Sidcup Kent DA14 5AE
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Danielle Brooke
- Statutory period
- 91 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 8 October 2025
- Advertisement expiry
- 22 October 2025
- Site notice start
- 9 October 2025
- Site notice end
- 30 October 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14250556
- Documents
- 118
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Conservation area: WisbechPart of the site
- Article 4 direction: Small Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) in Wisbech+1 more
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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