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38 Market Place Wisbech Cambridgeshire PE13 1DP

F/YR26/0446/FFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 28 July 2026

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of existing shop (Use Class E) to café/restaurant and installation of kitchen extractor units

Received
26 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Wisbech South
Agent
Sayar Design Ltd
  1. Received26 May
  2. Validated15 Jun
  3. Consult.10 Jul
  4. Target10 Aug
  5. Decided28 Jul

Decided in 43 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 38 Market Place Wisbech Cambridgeshire PE13 1DP. Fenland has handled 2,964 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 7 days quicker than Fenland's typical decision time. The site is in the Wisbech conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 71 applications across Wisbech South. We hold 1,396 applications in total for the PE13 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
PE13 1DP
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wisbech Town Council
District
26/0474/PEND

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 June 2026
Consultation expiry
23 July 2026
Consultation start
19 June 2026
Consultation end
10 July 2026
Neighbour consultation start
19 June 2026
Neighbour consultation end
11 July 2026
Last date for comments
23 July 2026
Target decision date
10 August 2026
Permission expires
28 July 2029

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Sayar Design Ltd
Architect profile
SAYAR DESIGN LTD
Agent address
14 Marsh Close Waltham Cross Herts EN8 7JF

Planning decision

Case officer
Zoe Blake
Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
1 July 2026
Advertisement expiry
15 July 2026
Site notice start
2 July 2026
Site notice end
23 July 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14961113
Documents
29

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: 38 and 39 Market PlaceOn this site
  • Article 4 direction: Household Extensions and Alterations in Wisbech and Bowthorpe Conservation Areas+1 more
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Wisbech
  • 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 (19)

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, 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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