Silverback Cottage Whitemoor Road March Cambridgeshire PE15 0AF

F/YR26/0286/FFull Planning PermissionRefused

Full

Refused on 29 May 2026

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

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Proposal

Erect a detached triple bay garage (with study above) to existing dwelling, formation of new access and alterations to existing access

Received: 7 April 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Fenland District Council
Ward: March West And Benwick
Agent: Morton & Hall Consulting Ltd

ReceivedReceived7 Apr
ValidatedValidated7 Apr
Consult.Consultation13 May
TargetTarget Date2 Jun
DecidedDecided29 May

Decided in 52 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at Silverback Cottage Whitemoor Road March Cambridgeshire PE15 0AF. Fenland has handled 2,964 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 3 weeks quicker than Fenland's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 52 applications across March West And Benwick. We hold 1,219 applications in total for the PE15 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

The proposed garage building, by virtue of its excessive scale, height, massing, design and prominent siting adjacent to the highway, would fail to appear as a subordinate or incidental structure to the host dwelling and would instead represent an unduly dominant and visually intrusive form of development within the rural street scene. The proposal, including the extensive accommodation proposed within the roof space, would result in an overly intensive and cramped form of development that fails to respect the established pattern, spacious character and local distinctiveness of the surrounding area. As such, the proposal would fail to make a positive contribution to the character and appearance of the local environment and would result in harm to the setting of the host dwelling and wider rural character of the area, contrary to Policies LP1 and LP16 of the Fenland Local Plan (2014) and Section 12 of the National Planning Policy Framework (2024).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode: PE15 0AF
Application type: Full Planning Permission
Scale / size: Small
Parish: March Town Council
District: 26/0306/PEND

Planning application dates

Date validated: 7 April 2026
Consultation expiry: 29 May 2026
Consultation start: 22 April 2026
Consultation end: 13 May 2026
Neighbour consultation start: 29 May 2026
Neighbour consultation end: 29 May 2026
Last date for comments: 29 May 2026
Target decision date: 2 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant: Private applicant
Agent: Morton & Hall Consulting Ltd
Architect profile: MORTON AND HALL CONSULTING LIMITED
Agent address: 1 Gordon Avenue March Cambs PE15 8AJ

Planning decision

Case officer: David Grant
Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Site notice start: 24 April 2026
Site notice end: 16 May 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14803214
Documents: 13

Site constraints

Checking the site

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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.

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2 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Fenland

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