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Happy Anywhere Farm Forty Foot Bank Ramsey Huntingdon Cambridgeshire PE26 2XS

F/YR25/0777/FFull Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 18 December 2025

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erect a 2.5m (max height) fence with gabions to the front and western boundary and brick wall and piers at entrance and 2 No. gates on front boundary of existing dwelling and paddock and raising of land levels

Received
3 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Doddington And Wimblington
Agent
Bright Architectural Solutions LTD
  1. Received3 Oct
  2. Validated17 Oct
  3. Consult.11 Nov
  4. Target12 Dec
  5. Decided18 Dec

Decided in 62 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Happy Anywhere Farm Forty Foot Bank Ramsey Huntingdon Cambridgeshire PE26 2XS. Fenland has handled 2,964 applications of this type. This one was decided in 76 days, 6 days longer than Fenland's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 93 applications across Doddington And Wimblington. We hold 203 applications in total for the PE26 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. Policy LP16 of the Fenland Local Plan requires development to 'make a positive contribution to the local distinctiveness and character of the area, enhancing its local setting, responding to and improving the character of the local built environment, providing resilience to climate change, reinforcing local identity and not adversely impacting on the street scene, settlement pattern or landscape character of the surrounding area'. Planning Decision Notice F/YR25/0777/F Town and Country Planning Act 1990 The proposal by its very nature and location would detract from the relationship between the application site and its rural and undeveloped surroundings. The fence, wall and gate would create a significant incongruous feature within the streetscene detracting from the open countryside character. As such, the scheme is considered to be contrary to Policy LP16 of the Fenland Local Plan.
  2. Policy LP15 of the Fenland Local Plan 2014 requires development schemes to demonstrate that they have had regard to several criteria, including providing a well-designed, safe and convenient access for all. The NPPF states (at paragraph 116) that developments should ensure that safe and suitable access to the site can be achieved for all users and development should create places that are safe, secure and attractive which minimise the scope for conflicts between pedestrians, cyclists, and vehicles. Insufficient information relating to visibility splays, the highway boundary and parking space forward of the proposed gates was submitted as part of the application to demonstrate that the development would not adversely impact upon highway safety. As a result, safe and suitable access to the site for all people as required in the NPPF would not be achieved. Policy LP15 (c) is consistent with the NPPF in requiring well designed, convenient and safe access for all. The proposal would conflict with Policy LP15 (c) of the Fenland Local Plan 2014.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
PE26 2XS
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Doddington Parish Council
District
25/0801/PEND

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 October 2025
Consultation expiry
4 December 2025
Consultation start
21 October 2025
Consultation end
11 November 2025
Neighbour consultation start
21 October 2025
Neighbour consultation end
12 November 2025
Last date for comments
4 December 2025
Target decision date
12 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Bright Architectural Solutions LTD
Architect profile
BRIGHT ARCHITECTURAL SOLUTIONS LTD
Agent address
58 Percy Green Place Huntingdon Cambs PE29 6TZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
13 November 2025
Site notice end
4 December 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14198028
Documents
19

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High 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.

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