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The Test And Service Centre Elm Road Wisbech Cambridgeshire PE13 2TB

F/YR25/0743/FFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 18 February 2026

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)5 conditions

Proposal

Change of use of MOT and service centre to a self-storage facility (B8)

Received
30 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Wisbech South
Agent
Peter Humphrey Associates Ltd
  1. Received30 Sep
  2. Validated9 Oct
  3. Consult.19 Jan
  4. Target4 Dec
  5. Decided18 Feb

Decided in 132 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at The Test And Service Centre Elm Road Wisbech Cambridgeshire PE13 2TB. Fenland has handled 2,964 applications of this type. This one was decided in 141 days, 10 weeks longer than Fenland's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 71 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 2TB
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wisbech Town Council
District
25/0787/PEND

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 October 2025
Consultation expiry
19 January 2026
Consultation start
5 January 2026
Consultation end
19 January 2026
Neighbour consultation start
15 October 2025
Neighbour consultation end
6 November 2025
Last date for comments
19 January 2026
Target decision date
4 December 2025
Permission expires
18 February 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent
Peter Humphrey Associates Ltd
Architect profile
PETER HUMPHREY ASSOCIATES LIMITED
Agent address
2 Chapel Road Wisbech Cambs PE13 1RG

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
28 October 2025
Site notice end
18 November 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14371448
Documents
26

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Article 4 direction: Small Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) in Wisbech
  • 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 (22)

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, 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    28 Sep

    Variation of condition 04 (Parking) and 05 (list of approved plans) of planning application F/YR25/0743/F

    PendingVariation of conditions (s73)F/YR26/0710/VOC
  2. 2025
    30 Sep

    Change of use of MOT and service centre to a self-storage facility (B8)

    This applicationApprovedFullF/YR25/0743/F

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