LGC Limited Newmarket Road Fordham Ely Cambridgeshire CB7 5WW Data via plota.co.uk
26/00845/CLE - Certificate of lawfulness - existing
Approved
Proposal
An existing employee and visitor car park on the LGC Laboratory site, used continuously for parking over 10 years Data via plota.co.uk
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Received
7 Aug 2026
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Consultation
13 Aug 2026
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Approved
1 Oct 2026
Approved on 1 Oct 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 2 Oct 2026
Documents 7
Decision & officer reports 2
Application forms 1
Consultation & comments 1
Site constraints 8
Flood zone 3, rivers and sea
High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 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.
National infrastructure project 61 m away: Sunnica Energy Farm
The site is 61 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.
Special area of conservation 204 m away: Fenland
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
SSSI 204 m away: Chippenham Fen and Snailwell Poor's Fen SSSI
Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Inside the Landwade built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 2, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
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, 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
- East Cambridgeshire
- Application type
- Certificate of lawfulness - existing
- Postcode
- CB7 5WW
- Received
- 7 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 7 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Fordham And Isleham
- Parish
- Fordham
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 2 Oct 2026
- Decision
- Approve
- Decision date
- 1 Oct 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Turley
Public comments
No public comments yet.
Last counted 2 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14489658
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14489658
- Consultation
- 13 Aug 2026
- Comments by
- 4 Sept 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 2 Oct 2026
Historical activity at this location
20 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
This property
Previous applications at this address
2023
Approved
To retain a two storey modular building for a further period of 156 weeks
2023
Approved
To retain a two storey modular building for a further period of 156 weeks
2023
Approved
Retention of a double stacked temporary portakabin building for a period of 156 weeks
2021
Approved
Retention of 2no Portakabin buildings for a period of 156 weeks
2021
Approved
Retention of 2no Portakabin buildings for a period of 156 weeks
2019
Approved
Retention of a two-storey Portakabin for use as office and packaging facilities for a per…
2019
Approved
Retention of a two-storey Portakabin for use as office and packaging facilities for a per…
2017
Approved
Hybrid planning application (part outline part full) for demolition, alteration and exten…
2017
Approved
Hybrid planning application (part outline part full) for demolition, alteration and exten…
2017
Approved
The installation of a two-storey modular building for use as an office facility for a per…
2017
Approved
The installation of a two-storey modular building for use as an office facility for a per…
2017
Withdrawn
The installation of two modular Portakabin buildings for use as office facilities.
2017
Withdrawn
The installation of two modular Portakabin buildings for use as office facilities.
2017
Approved
Scoping opinion pursuant to regulation 13 of The Town and Country Planning Regulations 20…
2017
Approved
Scoping opinion pursuant to regulation 13 of The Town and Country Planning Regulations 20…
2016
Approved
The installation of a two-storey Portakabin for use as office and packaging facilities
2016
Approved
The installation of a two-storey Portakabin for use as office and packaging facilities
Within ~100m
Nearby activity
2025
Approved
Quotient Bioresearch Ltd Newmarket Road Fordham Ely Cambridgeshire CB7 5WW
Proposed system comprises of 368 600w solar panels installed on 2 different buildings ove…
2025
Approved
Quotient Bioresearch Ltd Newmarket Road Fordham Ely Cambridgeshire CB7 5WW
Proposed system comprises of 368 600w solar panels installed on 2 different buildings ove…
2020
Approved
Lgc Limited Newmarket Road Fordham CB7 5WW
To retain a modular two storey Portakabin building for office use for a further period of…
East Cambridgeshire
Planning Authority Score
6.1/10
Average
#97 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions
East Cambridgeshire is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #65 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (89%) than the national average (90%).
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East Cambridgeshire decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
86%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #193 of 296
89%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #202 of 296
76%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #65 of 296
34%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #85 of 296
74%
Minor dwellings approved
124 decided (1-9 homes)
80%
Major dwellings approved
15 decided (10+ homes)
87%
Change of use approved
30 decided
697
Total decisions
96 refused in the year to March 2026
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