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F/YR25/0594/O - Outline Planning Permission Deferred at committee

Deferred at planning committee on 7 January 2026. No decision has been made yet.

Proposal

Erect 3 x dwellings involving the formation of accesses (outline application with all matters reserved) Data via plota.co.uk

View original council record ↗Last checked

Application progress

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Received
17 Jun 2025
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Validated
7 Aug 2025
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Committee
7 Jan 2026
✓
Consultation
21 Sept 2026
Decision
Not decided yet

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision soon after comments close on 12 Oct 2026; it is now day 447.

The consultation period closed on 12 Oct 2026.

Planning committee

Deferred by Fenland Planning Committee on 7 Jan 2026. Earlier deferred on 15 Oct 2025.

Deferred

  • Officers advised refusal because of countryside harm, flood risk and missing protected-species surveys.
  • Residents and consultees raised concerns about flooding, wildlife, highways, infrastructure and the area’s open character.
  • Members deferred the application until the end of the year rather than deciding it.
Read how the committee decided The proposed homes, site constraints, objections, officers’ advice, committee debate and deferral.

Source: Plota analysis of Fenland's committee minutes of 7 Jan 2026.

Documents 42

Consultation & comments 24

PDF WHITTLESEY TOWN COUNCIL Consultee Comment · 6 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF CCC HIGHWAYS Consultee Comment · 5 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF NATURAL ENGLAND Consultee Comment · 1 Oct 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Neighbour Response · 28 Sept 2026 View ↗
PDF ENVIRONMENT AGENCY Consultee Comment · 24 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF FDC ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH Consultee Comment · 22 Sept 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Neighbour Response · 20 Jul 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Neighbour Response · 18 Jul 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Public Comment · 16 Jul 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Neighbour Response · 16 Sept 2025 View ↗
PDF WHITTLESEY TOWN COUNCIL Consultee Comment · 9 Sept 2025 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Public Comment · 5 Sept 2025 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Public Comment · 4 Sept 2025 View ↗
PDF HIGHWAYS Consultee Comment · 1 Sept 2025 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Public Comment · 1 Sept 2025 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Neighbour Response · 31 Aug 2025 View ↗
PDF NATURAL ENGLAND Consultee Comment · 26 Aug 2025 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Public Comment · 26 Aug 2025 View ↗
PDF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH Consultee Comment · 20 Aug 2025 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Neighbour Response · 20 Aug 2025 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Public Comment · 18 Aug 2025 View ↗
PDF Neighbour Consultee List Neighbour Consultee List · 12 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF Standard Consultee List Standard Consultee List · 12 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF ENVIRONMENT AGENCY Consultee Comment · 12 Aug 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 2

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.
Flood map ↗
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.
Not affected
Not green belt · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 13 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England 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
Outline Planning Permission
Postcode
PE7 2DW
Received
17 Jun 2025
Validated
7 Aug 2025
Ward
Whittlesey East And Villages
Parish
Whittlesey Town Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
9 Jan 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Aspect Architectural Design

Decision outlook

Day 447, past the statutory target. 51% of outline applications in Fenland are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 20 Oct 2026.

Day 447391 days past the 56-day target
20%decided within 8 weeks
63%approved
69%go to committee

Plota live figures for outline applications decided by Fenland in the last twelve months, from validation. Fenland decision record →

Public comments

8comments received
7 objecting1 neutral

88% object · above the UK average of 74%

12 neighbours consulted · Last counted 20 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14055293
Planning Portal ref
PP-14055293
Neighbours
21 Sept 2026
Consultation
21 Sept 2026
Comments by
12 Oct 2026
Site or press notice
13 Aug 2025
Committee
7 Jan 2026
Statutory expiry
2 Oct 2025
Env. assessment
No
Fenland
Planning Authority Score
6.1/10
Average
#98 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Major dwellings

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