St Marks Church Of England Church Main Road Friday Bridge Cambridgeshire PE14 0HJ

F/YR26/0410/FFull Planning PermissionApproved

Full

Approved on 16 July 2026

Council decision: Grant2 conditions

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Reduction of church spire

Received: 1 June 2026
Council: Fenland District Council
Ward: Elm And Christchurch
Agent: Peter Slinger Architects

ReceivedReceived1 Jun
ValidatedValidated3 Jun
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date29 Jul
DecidedDecided16 Jul

Decided in 43 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application at St Marks Church Of England Church Main Road Friday Bridge Cambridgeshire PE14 0HJ. Fenland has handled 2,964 applications of this type. This one was decided in 45 days, 4 weeks quicker than Fenland's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 54 applications across Elm And Christchurch. We hold 1,698 applications in total for the PE14 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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Application details

Postcode: PE14 0HJ
Application type: Full Planning Permission
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Elm Parish Council
District: 26/0491/PEND

Planning application dates

Date validated: 3 June 2026
Target decision date: 29 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent: Peter Slinger Architects
Agent address: 140 Fletton Avenue Old Fletton Peterborough PE2 8DA

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Documents: 16

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.

Source: Fenland

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