Site Of Former Dairy Crest Limited Begdale Road Elm Cambridgeshire
Refused on 28 January 2026
Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of use of milk distribution depot (Class B8) to commercial heavy goods vehicle depot (retrospective)
- Received
- 6 August 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Fenland District Council
- Ward
- Elm And Christchurch
- ReceivedReceived6 Aug
- ValidatedValidated12 Nov
- Consult.Consultation10 Dec
- TargetTarget Date7 Jan
- DecidedDecided28 Jan
Decided in 77 days (council typically 70)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Site Of Former Dairy Crest Limited Begdale Road Elm Cambridgeshire. Fenland has handled 2,964 applications of this type. This one was decided in 175 days, 15 weeks longer than Fenland's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 54 applications across Elm And Christchurch.
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
- Elm Parish Council
- District
- 25/0608/PEND
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 12 November 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 28 January 2026
- Consultation start
- 19 November 2025
- Consultation end
- 10 December 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 28 January 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 28 January 2026
- Last date for comments
- 28 January 2026
- Target decision date
- 7 January 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Lanpro
- Agent address
- Brettingham House 98 Pottergate Norwich NR2 1EQ
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Danielle Brooke
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 25 November 2025
- Site notice end
- 16 December 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14148613
- Documents
- 566
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
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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