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Land South Of Rectory Lane Somersham

23/01676/PIPPermission in PrincipleApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 19 January 2024

Council decision: Grant Permission toDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of up to 2 dwellings and associated works

Received
7 September 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Somersham
Agent
Howard Sharp & Partners LLP
  1. Received7 Sep
  2. Validated11 Sep
  3. Consult.4 Dec
  4. Target16 Oct
  5. Decided19 Jan

Decided in 130 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land South Of Rectory Lane Somersham. Huntingdonshire has handled 535 applications of this type. This one was decided in 134 days, 11 weeks longer than Huntingdonshire'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 40 applications across Somersham.

75% of outline applications at Huntingdonshire District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Permission in Principle
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Somersham
District
Fee requested

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 September 2023
Consultation expiry
4 December 2023
Consultation start
13 November 2023
Consultation end
4 December 2023
Neighbour consultation start
11 October 2023
Neighbour consultation end
25 October 2023
Last date for comments
13 December 2023
Target decision date
16 October 2023
Permission expires
19 January 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
Howard Sharp & Partners LLP
Agent address
79 Great Peter Street Westminster London SW1P 2EZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
35 days

Publicity

Site notice start
23 October 2023
Site notice end
13 November 2023

Additional information

Documents
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: SomershamNext to the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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

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© 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.

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Source: Huntingdonshire

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