Garage Site At 87 High Road Gorefield Cambridgeshire Data via plota.co.uk

F/YR26/0464/F - Full Planning Permission Pending decision

Proposal

Erect 1 x dwelling involving the demolition of existing garage building, together with the change of use of the site from commercial use to residential Data via plota.co.uk

View original council record ↗Last checked

Application progress

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Received
1 Jun 2026
✓
Validated
18 Jun 2026
✓
Consultation
6 Oct 2026
Decision
Expected by 16 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision soon after comments close on 6 Oct 2026; it is now day 113.

The consultation period closed on 6 Oct 2026.

Going to planning committee

Wednesday 14 October, 1pm

Planning Committee

Council Chamber, Fenland Hall, County Road, March, PE15 8NQ

Item 7 on the agenda

Officers recommend refusal

The committee will decide this application in public. Most councils let objectors, supporters and the applicant speak if they register in advance, each by its own deadline.

Source: Fenland's committee agenda. The council can change the date or the agenda up to the meeting.

Documents 20

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 6

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 ↗
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
Inside the Gorefield built-up area; National infrastructure project 1382 m away: Grimsby to Walpole, at pre-application; Priority habitat 31 m away: Traditional orchard; 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 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 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
Full Planning Permission
Postcode
PE13 4PG
Received
1 Jun 2026
Validated
18 Jun 2026
Ward
Parson Drove And Wisbech St Mary
Parish
Gorefield Parish Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
16 Oct 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Peter Humphrey Associates Ltd

Decision outlook

Day 113, past the statutory target. 89% of demolitions 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 7 Oct 2026.

Day 11357 days past the 56-day target
75%decided within 8 weeks
84%approved
6%go to committee

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

Public comments

6comments received
6 supporting

100% support · above the UK average of 16%

10 neighbours consulted · Last counted 7 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14968486
Planning Portal ref
PP-14968486
Neighbours
6 Oct 2026
Consultation
6 Oct 2026
Comments by
6 Oct 2026
Committee
14 Oct 2026
Statutory expiry
13 Aug 2026
Env. assessment
No
Fenland
Planning Authority Score
6.1/10
Average
#98 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

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