Estover Playing Field Estover Road March Cambridgeshire
Approved on 6 January 2026
Council decision: Issue CertificateDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Certificate of Lawful Use (Existing): Use of land without compliance of conditions 11 (vehicular crossing) and 19 (drainage scheme) of planning permission F/YR17/0030/F (Regeneration of playing field to include: erection of a single-storey pavilion, formation of a car park; artificial grass pitches (AGP); multi-use games area (MUGA); hard-standing for external terrace and walkways; siting of 3 x storage containers; erection of 4.5m high (max height) mesh fencing bounding both the AGP and MUGA; the erection of 4 x 8.0m high lighting columns to car park and footpaths; 6 x 10.0m high floodlights to MUGA and 6 x 15.0m high floodlights to AGP and the formation of a public footpath)
- Received
- 4 November 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Fenland District Council
- Ward
- March North
- Agent
- Morton & Hall Consulting Ltd
- ReceivedReceived4 Nov
- ValidatedValidated5 Nov
- Consult.Consultation2 Dec
- TargetTarget Date31 Dec
- DecidedDecided6 Jan
Decided in 62 days (council typically 70)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at Estover Playing Field Estover Road March Cambridgeshire. Fenland has handled 268 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 7 days quicker than Fenland's typical decision time. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 55 applications across March North.
90% of amendment 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
- Certificate of Lawful Use (Existing use)
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- March Town Council
- District
- 25/0935/PEND
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 5 November 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 6 January 2026
- Consultation start
- 11 November 2025
- Consultation end
- 2 December 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 6 January 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 6 January 2026
- Last date for comments
- 6 January 2026
- Target decision date
- 31 December 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-14461574
- Documents
- 10
Site constraints
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.
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Associated applications
- 20268 Oct
Details reserved by condition 19 (surface water drainage scheme) of Planning permission F/YR17/0030/F
PendingDischarge of conditionsF/YR26/3146/COND - 202625 Jun
Details reserved by condition 19 (surface water drainage scheme) of planning permission F/YR17/0030/F
RefusedDischarge of conditionsF/YR26/3093/COND - 202620 Apr
Details reserved by condition 11 (ditch/watercourse) of planning permission F/YR17/0030/F
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsF/YR26/3066/COND - 202613 Apr
Details reserved by condition 6 (Site access), 10 (Footway), 12 (Management & Maintenance Scheme), 13…
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsF/YR26/3063/COND - 20254 Nov
Certificate of Lawful Use (Existing): Use of land without compliance of conditions 11 (vehicular crossing)…
This applicationApprovedAmendmentF/YR25/0838/CERTLU - 20173 Aug
Removal of conditions 6, 10 and 11 of planning permission F/YR17/0030/F
WithdrawnVariation of conditions (s73)F/YR17/0758/VOC - 201620 Dec
Regeneration of playing field to include: erection of a single-storey pavilion, formation of a car park…
ApprovedFull Planning PermissionPart ofF/YR17/0030/F
Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Fenland
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