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Site Of Former 11 - 12 High Street Wisbech Cambridgeshire

F/YR26/0344/FDCFenland District CouncilApproved

Approved on 24 September 2026

Council decision: Grant12 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erect 1 x block of 6 x flats with commercial use at ground level

Received
10 April 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 1 November 2026
Ward
Wisbech South
Agent
Wilby & Burnett LLP
  1. Received10 Apr
  2. Validated13 May
  3. Consult.21 Jul
  4. Target8 Jul
  5. Decided24 Sep

Decided in 134 days

About this application

This is a planning application at Site Of Former 11 - 12 High Street Wisbech Cambridgeshire. Fenland has handled 6,466 applications of this type. This one was decided in 167 days, 14 weeks longer than Fenland's typical decision time. The site is in the Wisbech conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 70 applications across Wisbech South.

Application details

Application type
Fenland District Council
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wisbech Town Council
District
26/0321/PEND

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 May 2026
Consultation expiry
21 July 2026
Consultation start
30 June 2026
Consultation end
21 July 2026
Neighbour consultation start
18 May 2026
Neighbour consultation end
10 June 2026
Last date for comments
21 July 2026
Target decision date
8 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Wilby & Burnett LLP
Agent address
Provident House 123 Ashdon Road Saffron Walden Essex CB10 2AJ

Planning decision

Case officer
Hayleigh Parker-Haines
Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
27 May 2026
Advertisement expiry
10 June 2026
Site notice start
21 May 2026
Site notice end
12 June 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14596247
Documents
56

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Wisbech
  • Listed building: Grade II: Congregational ChapelOn or next to this site · +2 more
  • Article 4 direction: Household Extensions and Alterations in Wisbech and Bowthorpe Conservation Areas+1 more
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Wisbech
  • Brownfield land register: 11 - 12 High Street Wisbech CambridgeshireRegister site at or near this address
  • 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 (18)

flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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 and heritage coasts.

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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