Land South East Of 45 Cattle Dyke Gorefield Cambridgeshire Data via plota.co.uk

F/YR26/0426/PIP - Permission In Principle Refused

Proposal

Permission in principle for 4 x dwellings Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
2 Feb 2026
✓
Validated
2 Jun 2026
✓
Consultation
12 Jun 2026
✗
Refused
13 Jul 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 13 Jul 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 14 Jul 2026

Site constraints 4

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 ↗
Also on the record
Inside the Gorefield built-up area; National infrastructure project about 1921 m away: Grimsby to Walpole, at pre-application; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 1, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
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 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
Permission In Principle
Postcode
PE13 4NP
Received
2 Feb 2026
Validated
2 Jun 2026
Ward
Parson Drove And Wisbech St Mary
Parish
Gorefield Parish Council
Case officer
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Target decision
7 Jul 2026
Decision
Refuse
Decision date
13 Jul 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 41 days from validation, 16 days faster than Fenland's median of 57 for new homes. Refused, as 26% of new homes here are.

48%decided within 8 weeks
74%approved
18%go to committee

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

Consultation & key dates

Neighbours
13 Jul 2026
Consultation
12 Jun 2026
Comments by
13 Jul 2026
Site or press notice
18 Jun 2026
Statutory expiry
7 Jul 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