The School House 16A High Street Chippenham Cambridgeshire CB7 5PR Data via plota.co.uk

26/01011/LBC - Listed Building Consent Pending Consideration

Proposal

Retention of plyboard sheets in the attic to enable ease of access for use for ancillary domestic storage/inspection and for works to the cellar including the laying of bricks in sand to the floor areas of five of the bays and related repair works- Retrospective Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
21 Sept 2026
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Consultation
24 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 16 Nov 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 16 Nov 2026, from East Cambridgeshire's recent extensions. Comments are open until 15 Oct 2026.

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Site constraints 9

Grade II* listed: The School House
List entry 1126377 · 5 m away · 12 more listed buildings within 150 m (1 Grade I, 11 Grade II)
Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
Chippenham conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Registered park or garden 30 m away: Chippenham Hall
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Special area of conservation 414 m away: Fenland; SSSI 414 m away: Chippenham Fen and Snailwell Poor's Fen SSSI; Inside the Chippenham (East Cambridgeshire) built-up area; Priority habitat 32 m away: Lowland meadows; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

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Important details

Application type
Listed Building Consent
Postcode
CB7 5PR
Received
21 Sept 2026
Validated
21 Sept 2026
Ward
Fordham And Isleham
Parish
Chippenham
Case officer
Show
Target decision
16 Nov 2026
Applicant
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Agent
Brighter Planning Ltd

Decision outlook

Day 13 of the 56-day target. East Cambridgeshire usually decides extensions by day 56.

Day 1343 days to the 56-day target
68%decided within 8 weeks
95%approved
234decided in the last year

Plota live figures for extensions decided by East Cambridgeshire in the last twelve months, from validation. East Cambridgeshire decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

2 neighbours consulted · Last counted 2 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15238880
Neighbours
24 Sept 2026
Consultation
24 Sept 2026
Comments by
15 Oct 2026
Site or press notice
1 Oct 2026
Statutory expiry
16 Nov 2026
East Cambridgeshire
Planning Authority Score
6.1/10
Average
#97 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other 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%).

Faster than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
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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