40 High Street Soham Ely Cambridgeshire CB7 5HE Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
External illuminated sign, together with vinyl window advertisement Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Under consideration
No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision soon after comments close on 16 Oct 2026; it is now day 74.
Documents 7
Statements & assessments 1
Application forms 1
Consultation & comments 2
Site constraints 4
Show all 13 with distances
- 26 m48, High StreetGrade II
- 30 mManor HouseGrade II*
- 78 mRed Lion Public HouseGrade II
- 81 mBaptist ChapelGrade II
- 89 mChurch of St AndrewGrade I
- 107 mK6 Telephone KioskGrade II
- 113 m2, Clay StreetGrade II
- 116 mSt Andrews HouseGrade II
- 116 mWar MemorialGrade II
- 130 m1, 3 and 5, White Hart LaneGrade II
- 132 m8, High StreetGrade II
- 137 m6, High StreetGrade II
- 141 mAberdeen HouseGrade II
Checked on 6 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.
Sales history 2
Last sold for £67,500 in October 2003. Terraced house, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in March 2022, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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Important details
- Council
- East Cambridgeshire
- Application type
- Advertisement - illuminated
- Postcode
- CB7 5HE
- Received
- 10 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 27 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Soham South
- Parish
- Soham
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 19 Oct 2026
- Applicant
- Show
Decision outlook
Day 74, past the statutory target. 73% of advertisement consent in East Cambridgeshire are decided within thirteen weeks, which runs to 26 Oct 2026; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 8 Oct 2026.
Plota live figures for advertisement consent decided by East Cambridgeshire in the last twelve months, from validation. East Cambridgeshire decision record →
Public comments
No public comments yet.
12 neighbours consulted · Last counted 8 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Neighbours
- 28 Jul 2026
- Consultation
- 2 Oct 2026
- Comments by
- 16 Oct 2026
- Site or press notice
- 6 Aug 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 21 Sept 2026
Historical activity at this location
25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
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%).
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use
Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.
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