Land North East Of 25 Cromwell Road Wisbech Cambridgeshire Data via plota.co.uk

F/YR26/0193/F - Full Planning Permission Approved

Proposal

Change of use of land for storage and distribution (Use Class B8) (to form an extension existing business premises), the formation of hardstanding and the erection of 2.4m high palisade fence, 17 x 6.0m high and 2 x 4.0m high lighting columns, and 2 x 10.0m high CCTV columns Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 24 Aug 2026, 08:50

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Application progress

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Received

20 Feb 2026

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Validated

12 Mar 2026

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Approved

9 Jun 2026

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Consultation

14 Jul 2026

Approved on 9 Jun 2026 · Last checked 31 Jul 2026

Documents 58

Statements & assessments 22

Plans & drawings 10

Application forms 1

PDF WITHOUT PERSONAL DATA Application Form · 12 Mar 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 21

Site constraints 6

Flood zone 2, rivers and sea

Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.

The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.

Flood map ↗

Article 4 direction

Small Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) in Wisbech. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.

An Article 4 direction withdraws particular permitted development rights, so work that would normally need no application needs one here. Not every council has published its directions.

Agricultural land, grade 3a

Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 1. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.

Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.

National infrastructure project 317 m away: Medworth Energy from Waste Combined Heat and Power Facility

The site is 317 m from the project boundary. Generating station, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted.

Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.

Planning Inspectorate project page ↗

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Also on the record

Priority habitat 33 m away: Traditional orchard.

Not affected

Not green belt · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council: Fenland
Application type: Full Planning Permission
Postcode: PE14 0TB
Received: 20 Feb 2026
Validated: 12 Mar 2026
Ward: Wisbech South
Parish: Wisbech Town Council
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 11 Jun 2026
Decision date: 9 Jun 2026
Applicant: Show
Agent: PRC Architecture & Planning Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 89 days from validation, 33 days slower than Fenland's median of 56 for changes of use. Approved, as 79% of changes of use here are.

This one89d

Council56d

UK56d

62%decided within 8 weeks

79%approved

55decided in the last year

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Fenland in the last twelve months, from validation. Fenland decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

7 neighbours consulted · Last counted 31 Jul 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-14651447
Planning Portal ref: PP-14651447
Neighbours: 17 Mar 2026
Consultation: 14 Jul 2026
Comments by: 28 Jul 2026
Site or press notice: 19 Mar 2026
Statutory expiry: 11 Jun 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

10 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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Fenland

Planning Authority Score

6.1/10

Average

#98 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Change of use

Fenland is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #58 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (93%) than the national average (90%).

Faster than most councils

for householder decisions

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

Fenland decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

87%

Overall approval rate

Above avg (87%) #170 of 296

93%

Householder approved

Above avg (90%) #128 of 296

77%

Decided in 8 weeks

Above avg (63%) #58 of 296

42%

Extended time limit

Above avg (41%) #163 of 296

78%

Minor dwellings approved

194 decided (1-9 homes)

77%

Major dwellings approved

26 decided (10+ homes)

90%

Change of use approved

29 decided

604

Total decisions

79 refused in the year to March 2026

Land North East Of 25 Cromwell Road Wisbech Cambridgeshire Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 58

Statements & assessments 22

Plans & drawings 10

Application forms 1

Consultation & comments 21

Other documents 4

Site constraints 6

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Public comments

Consultation & key dates

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