Land West Of Mepal AD Plant And South Of Greys Farm Iretons Way Chatteris Cambridgeshire Data via plota.co.uk

F/YR26/2004/CCC - Cambridgeshire County Council Pending consideration

Proposal

Screening Opinion: Anaerobic digestion plant, access road, associated infrastructure and landscaping at Land west of Mepal AD Plant and south of Greys Farm, Chatteris Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

26 Aug 2026

Decision

Expected by 16 Sept 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 21 Oct 2026, from Fenland's recent commercial and major works.

Documents 2

Site constraints 4

Agricultural land, grade 2

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) agrees.

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.

Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone

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

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 4; National infrastructure project about 387 m away: Chatteris Wind Farm, at pre-application.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) 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: Cambridgeshire County Council
Received: 26 Aug 2026
Validated: 26 Aug 2026
Ward: Chatteris North And Manea
Parish: Manea Parish Council
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 16 Sept 2026

Decision outlook

Day 44 of the 56-day target. Fenland usually decides commercial and major works by day 56.

prediction

Day 4412 days to the 56-day target

63%decided within 8 weeks

95%approved

6%go to committee

Plota live figures for commercial and major works decided by Fenland in the last twelve months, from validation. Fenland decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 7 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: CCC/26/083/FUL
Statutory expiry: 16 Sept 2026
Env. assessment: No

Fenland

Planning Authority Score

6.1/10

Average

#98 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

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