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Ailsworth Methodist Church, Main Street, Ailsworth, Peterborough, PE5 7AF

26/002328/FULApproved

Approved on 27 July 2026

Council decision: Permitted

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

Proposal

Change of use from chapel (F1) to community shop (F2) including managers flat (C

Submitted
8 May 2026
  1. Received8 May
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided27 Jul

Decided in 80 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at Ailsworth Methodist Church, Main Street, Ailsworth, Peterborough, PE5 7AF. Peterborough has handled 4,349 applications of this type. This one was decided in 80 days, 4 weeks longer than Peterborough's typical decision time. The site is in the Ailsworth conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 297 applications in total for the PE5 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
PE5 7AF

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Ailsworth Conservation Area
  • Article 4 direction: 17a Main Street, Ailsworth
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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

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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    10 Sep

    Wild Cherry (Sgl/306808

    ApprovedConservation Area Trees Notification26/002872/CTR

Source: Peterborough

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