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Land North Of 35-37 Thorby Avenue March Cambridgeshire

F/YR25/0732/FFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 14 May 2026

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)14 conditions

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Proposal

Erect 2 x detached industrial (B2) unit blocks, comprising 6 units and 5 units

Received
1 August 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
March West And Benwick
Agent
Douglas-Scott Developments Ltd
  1. Received1 Aug
  2. Validated7 Oct
  3. Consult.3 Apr
  4. Target6 Jan
  5. Decided14 May

Decided in 219 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Land North Of 35-37 Thorby Avenue March Cambridgeshire. Fenland has handled 2,964 applications of this type. This one was decided in 286 days, 31 weeks longer than Fenland's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 52 applications across March West And Benwick.

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
Medium
Parish
March Town Council
District
25/0594/PEND

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 October 2025
Consultation expiry
14 May 2026
Consultation start
20 March 2026
Consultation end
3 April 2026
Neighbour consultation start
14 May 2026
Neighbour consultation end
14 May 2026
Last date for comments
14 May 2026
Target decision date
6 January 2026
Permission expires
14 May 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent
Douglas-Scott Developments Ltd
Agent address
13 Woodstock Baldwin Road Kings Lynn PE30 4AL

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
22 October 2025
Advertisement expiry
5 November 2025
Site notice start
13 October 2025
Site notice end
3 November 2025

Additional information

Documents
78

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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