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Land North Of Norbrown Hospital Road Doddington Cambridgeshire

F/YR26/0150/PIPPermission In PrincipleRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 2 April 2026

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

Proposal

Permission in principle for 2 x dwellings

Received
25 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Doddington And Wimblington
Agent
Peter Humphrey Associates Ltd
  1. Received25 Feb
  2. Validated27 Feb
  3. Consult.17 Mar
  4. Target3 Apr
  5. Decided2 Apr

Decided in 34 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land North Of Norbrown Hospital Road Doddington Cambridgeshire. Fenland has handled 626 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days, 5 weeks quicker than Fenland's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 93 applications across Doddington And Wimblington.

82% of outline 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 proposal would result in residential development on agricultural land that lies outside and detached from the continuous built form of Doddington. The site forms a transitional gap between the built-up area of the village and sporadic rural development further north along Hospital Road, contributing to the rural setting and character of this edge-of-settlement location. The development would introduce suburban built form, resulting in an urbanising encroachment into the open countryside that would erode this rural transition and undermine the sporadic pattern of development that characterises the locality. As such, the proposal is not in a location that reflects the core shape or form of the settlement, does not contribute positively to local distinctiveness, and fails to respect natural boundaries or the rural character of the area. The development therefore conflicts with Policies LP3, LP12 Part A and LP16 of the Fenland Local Plan and paragraphs 133 and 187 of the National Planning Policy Framework.
  2. If the principle of residential development on this site were acceptable in terms of location and use of land, development of up to 2 dwellings would not make efficient use of the land and as such would not constitute sustainable development in accordance with paragraph 130 of the NPPF.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Application type
Permission In Principle
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Doddington Parish Council
District
26/0184/PEND

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 February 2026
Consultation expiry
25 March 2026
Consultation start
3 March 2026
Consultation end
17 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start
3 March 2026
Neighbour consultation end
18 March 2026
Last date for comments
25 March 2026
Target decision date
3 April 2026

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

Case officer
Kimberley Crow
Statutory period
35 days

Publicity

Site notice end
25 March 2026

Additional information

Documents
12

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 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.

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.

Source: Fenland

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