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Fenland District Council
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Fenland District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates7,979Searchable applications
256Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 6,927 approved or refused records
753Refused applications
6,174 approved · 753 refused · 272 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 31 Mar 2014 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026We haven’t verified direct planning guidance links for this authority yet. Use its official website in Council sources.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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Conservation areas13 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areas3 mapped area records2 identified HMO area records; remaining records unclassified
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
More application records
- GrantedF/YR24/0056/F
Erect 1 x dwelling (2-storey 3-bed) involving demolition of existing garage
Land West Of 4 Blunts Lane Whittlesey Cambridgeshire
Received 5 Jan 2024 - GrantedF/YR24/0207/F
Refurbishment of existing Place of Worship to include replacement front doors and rear cladding, new outlets for ventilation and provision of accessible WC
Kingdom Hall Bevills Place March Cambridgeshire PE15 9JZ
Received 8 Jan 2024 - GrantedF/YR24/0044/VOC
Variation of condition 7 (external lighting) of planning permission F/YR21/0485/F (Erect 4 x dwellings (single-storey 2-bed)) to enable a revised external lighting scheme
Former Garage Site Crescent Road Whittlesey Cambridgeshire
Received 8 Jan 2024 - ApprovedF/YR24/3010/COND
Details reserved by conditions 2 (lighting), 3 (boundary treatments), 4 (Arboricultural Impact Assessment), 5 (soft landscaping) and 8 (Bat and Bird Boxes) of planning permission F/YR23/0797/F (Erect a store/workshop (single-storey), extension to existing car park, formation of yard for loading/unloading and re-location of existing caravan storage area involving the infilling of irrigation reservoir)
The Secret Garden Mile Tree Lane Wisbech Cambridgeshire PE13 4TR
Received 8 Jan 2024 - GrantedF/YR24/0153/F
Erect a single-storey extension and detached garden room to rear of existing dwelling
12 Grimmers Road Wisbech Cambridgeshire PE13 3QJ
Received 13 Dec 2023 - GrantedF/YR24/0050/TRTPO
Works to 1 x Oak tree covered by TPO 06/1978
Oak Tree Cottage 66 West End March Cambridgeshire PE15 8DJ
Received 9 Jan 2024 - GrantedF/YR24/0027/LB
Internal and external works to a Listed Building to form 1 x studio flat to first floor including works to ground floor, replacement of doors to fire doors and new door to rear elevation
10 Market Place Wisbech Cambridgeshire PE13 1DT
Received 13 Nov 2023 - RefusedF/YR24/0075/F
Erect 1 x self/custom build dwelling (2-storey, 3-bed)
Land South Of 149 Stonald Road Fronting Childers Street Whittlesey Cambridgeshire
Received 9 Jan 2024 - ApprovedF/YR24/3014/COND
Details reserved by condition 7 (CEMP) of planning permission F/YR23/0342/F (Erect a pavilion with function room involving the demolition of existing pavilion and toilet block, and the formation of car park extension)
Pavilion Manea Playing Field Park Road Manea
Received 9 Jan 2024 - ApprovedF/YR24/3015/COND
Details reserved by condition 5 (ground conditions and constraints) of planning permission F/YR23/0342/F (Erect a pavilion with function room involving the demolition of existing pavilion and toilet block, and the formation of car park extension)
Pavilion Manea Playing Field Park Road Manea
Received 9 Jan 2024 - GrantedF/YR24/0219/F
Change of use from Education Centre (F1) to 9 x dwellings (comprising of 1 x 3-bed 2-storey dwelling and 4 x 2-bed and 4 x 1-bed flats) involving partial demolition of existing building, installation of front boundary fence and gates, and alterations to existing vehicular access
34A Station Road March Cambridgeshire PE15 8LE
Received 9 Jan 2024 - GrantedF/YR24/0080/F
Erect single storey front, side and rear extensions to existing dwelling including the formation resin bound gravel driveway and installation of a hydro pool
Whispers Barn Gull Drove Guyhirn Wisbech Cambridgeshire PE13 4BJ
Received 9 Jan 2024 - GrantedF/YR24/0073/TRCA
Works to 10no Cyprus Trees within a Conservation Area
Halfpenny House Rose Lane Elm Wisbech Cambridgeshire PE14 0AF
Received 10 Jan 2024 - GrantedF/YR24/0053/TRCA
Works to 1 x Pear tree in a conservation area
March Cruising Club West End March Cambridgeshire PE15 8DP
Received 10 Jan 2024 - GrantedF/YR24/0171/F
Erect a detached single-storey garage and storage building to existing dwelling involving the demolition of existing garage
Braeburn House 12 London Road Chatteris Cambridgeshire PE16 6AS
Received 10 Jan 2024 - RefusedF/YR24/0155/NONMAT
Non-material amendment: To reposition and increase size of Dayroom and reposition 2no caravans relating to planning permission F/YR21/1443/F (Change of use of land to form a traveller's site for siting of 2no static caravans, 2no touring caravans and erection of a day room)
Land North Of Six Acres Bar Drove Friday Bridge
Received 18 Dec 2023 - ApprovedF/YR24/3011/COND
Details reserved by Condition 03 (Archaeology - WSI) of planning permission F/YR23/0044/F (Erect 2 x units Class B8 Storage and/or Self Storage unit with ancillary Class E(g)(i) offices, a drive-thru coffee shop (sui generis) and 2.4m high perimeter security fencing and gates, involving the demolition of existing building)
Site Of Former Parkside Nurseries Cromwell Road Wisbech Cambridgeshire
Received 10 Jan 2024 - GrantedF/YR24/0067/F
Erect 1x replacement dwelling (2-storey 4-bed), involving demolition of existing dwelling and garage
Late Railway Tavern 92 Station Road Manea March Cambridgeshire PE15 0HG
Received 11 Jan 2024 - ApprovedF/YR24/0113/NONMAT
Non-material amendment: Change of window/door openings on the front/south elevation, glazed doors changed to windows, omit proposed rooflights from side/west elevation and relocate 1no proposed rooflight to rear/north elevation relating to planning permission F/YR19/0813/F (Conversion of existing stable to form additional living accommodation and a single-storey 1-bed annexe, and the erection of a stable)
Tindall Mill Kirkgate Tydd St Giles Wisbech Cambridgeshire PE13 5NE
Received 12 Jan 2024 - RefusedF/YR24/0110/RM
Reserved Matters application relating to detailed matters of access, appearance, landscaping, layout and scale pursuant to outline permission F/YR21/0829/O to erect 1 x dwelling (2-storey, 3-bed) involving demolition of existing garage
Land North Of 1 The Fold Coates Cambridgeshire
Received 12 Jan 2024 - GrantedF/YR24/0076/VOC
Variation of Condition 02 (list of approved plans) relating to planning approval F/YR22/1242/F (Erect a dwelling (2-storey, 5-bed) and entrance gates (2.3m max) including formation of a new access) to enable revised dwelling design and siting.
Land West Of 29 March Road Wimblington Cambridgeshire
Received 12 Jan 2024 - GrantedF/YR24/0074/F
Erect a detached garage to front of existing dwelling
Croft Grange 307 High Road Newton-in-the-isle Wisbech PE13 5HR
Received 12 Jan 2024 - UnknownF/YR24/0060/TE1
Installation of a telecommunications base station comprising a 20m monopole, supporting 6 no antennas, 2 no 300mm dishes, including 2 no ground based equipment cabinets with ancillary development thereto.
Land South West Of The SM Guy Memorial Playing Field Park Road Manea
Received 12 Jan 2024 - GrantedF/YR24/0085/O
Erect up to 5 x dwellings (outline application with matters committed in respect of access) with highway works
Land South Of 19 Blackmill Road Chatteris Cambridgeshire
Received 12 Jan 2024
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What these statistics cover
These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Fenland District Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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