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Land North Of 84 Cattle Dyke Gorefield Cambridgeshire

F/YR26/0136/FFull Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 20 April 2026

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)3 reasons for refusal

Proposal

Erect 1 x dwelling for occupation as a children's home for 1x child (C2 use) and culvert across existing drain

Received
29 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Parson Drove And Wisbech St Mary
Agent
RPN Planning Limited
  1. Received29 Jan
  2. Validated23 Feb
  3. Consult.17 Mar
  4. Target20 Apr
  5. Decided20 Apr

Decided in 56 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Land North Of 84 Cattle Dyke Gorefield Cambridgeshire. Fenland has handled 2,964 applications of this type. This one was decided in 81 days, 11 days longer than Fenland's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 92 applications across Parson Drove And Wisbech St Mary.

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. The application site is located in an 'Elsewhere' location as identified in Policy LP3, where development is restricted to that which is essential for agriculture, or other uses requiring a rural location. The justification provided fails to demonstrate that there is an essential need for the development as required by Policy LP12 of the Fenland Local Plan (2014) and Paragraph 84(a) of the NPPF 2024. The proposal would therefore result in unwarranted development in an unsustainable rural location contrary to the aforementioned policies.
  2. The proposal, by virtue of the inherent domestication of an open site in a rural location, would be harmful to the character of the open countryside, contrary to Policies LP12 and LP16 of the Fenland Local Plan.
  3. The application site is located within Flood Zone 3 and fails to fully satisfy the sequential or exception test. It is considered that the proposal is at an unacceptable risk of flooding without sufficient justification. The proposal is therefore considered to be contrary to Policy LP14 of the Fenland Local Plan (2014) and Chapter 14 of the NPPF (2024).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Gorefield Parish Council
District
26/0090/PEND

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 February 2026
Consultation expiry
20 April 2026
Consultation start
24 February 2026
Consultation end
17 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start
20 April 2026
Neighbour consultation end
20 April 2026
Last date for comments
20 April 2026
Target decision date
20 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
RPN Planning Limited
Agent address
14 Northolme Road Church Fields New Hartley Whitley Bay Northumberland NE25 0GG

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
12 March 2026
Site notice end
2 April 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14661095
Documents
29

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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.

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.

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