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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 dates8,110Searchable applications
256Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 7,047 approved or refused records
773Refused applications
6,274 approved · 773 refused · 276 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 31 Mar 2014 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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
- UnknownF/YR24/0715/DE1
Demolition of existing dwelling
Redmoor House 47 Fridaybridge Road Elm Wisbech PE14 0AT
Received 28 Aug 2024 - GrantedF/YR24/0782/F
Erect a single-storey side and rear extensions and a front porch to existing dwelling
Homefield Fendyke Lane Gorefield Wisbech Cambridgeshire PE13 4NF
Received 28 Aug 2024 - RefusedF/YR24/0700/TRTPO
Felling of 1no Lime Tree covered by TPO 9/1968
Gemini House 9 Gosmoor Lane Elm Wisbech PE14 0AH
Received 9 Aug 2024 - Permission not requiredF/YR24/0803/CERTP
Certificate of lawfulness (Proposed): Change of use of existing dwelling to a children's home (C2) for up to 2 x children
1 Moretons Close Whittlesey Peterborough Cambridgeshire PE7 1XP
Received 29 Aug 2024 - GrantedF/YR24/0857/F
Erect a secondary school (3-storey) with associated fencing (up to 3.0m high), PE courts, external lighting, parking, access, landscaping and drainage
Land South West Of Thomas Clarkson Academy Corporation Road Wisbech Cambridgeshire
Received 29 Aug 2024 - RefusedF/YR24/0813/O
Erect 1 self-build dwelling (outline application with all matters reserved)
Land East Of 64 - 72 Sutton Road Leverington Cambridgeshire
Received 29 Aug 2024 - GrantedF/YR24/0792/F
Erect a part two storey front extension and part first floor side extension to existing dwelling
55 Hallcroft Road Whittlesey Peterborough Cambridgeshire PE7 1JW
Received 29 Aug 2024 - GrantedF/YR24/0790/VOC
Variation of Condition 02 (materials) and 05 (list of approved plans) of planning permission F/YR23/0083/F (Erect Industrial building involving demolition of existing buildings) - relating to roof line
Coleseed Business Complex Upwell Road March Cambridgeshire PE15 0DJ
Received 29 Aug 2024 - GrantedF/YR24/0830/F
Change of use of existing holiday let to an annexe (single-storey 1-bed) in association with existing dwelling, and the change of use of land and lake for domestic purposes
The Lodge Colony Lake Bedford Bank Welney Wisbech Cambridgeshire PE14 9TB
Received 2 Sept 2024 - Further information not requiredF/YR24/0719/AG1
Erect an agricultural building
145 Wisbech Road Coates Peterborough Cambridgeshire PE7 2DT
Received 2 Sept 2024 - ApprovedF/YR24/3125/COND
Details reserved by conditions 7 (partial discharge - Bird and Bat Boxes), 10 (Travel Plan) and 11 (Plant Noise) of planning permission F/YR21/0885/F (Erect a retail food store (Class E(a)) with accompanying car park, formation of a new access and associated highway works, and landscaping scheme to include erecting 6 x 6.0m high column mounted lights; involving the demolition of existing storage buildings (Class B8))
1-3 Hostmoor And 1 Martin Avenue March Cambridgeshire
Received 2 Sept 2024 - GrantedF/YR24/0810/F
Erect a 2-storey side extension to existing dwelling
3 The Grove Whittlesey Peterborough Cambridgeshire PE7 2RF
Received 2 Sept 2024 - ApprovedF/YR24/3122/COND
Details reserved by Condition 5 (Bird + Bat Boxes) and Condition 9 (Materials) of planning permission F/YR23/0823/RM (Erect 17 dwellings)
G And J Ping Limited 63 Coates Road Eastrea Peterborough Cambridgeshire PE7 2BA
Received 2 Sept 2024 - ApprovedF/YR24/0977/NONMAT
Non-material amendment - To reposition and increase the size of the 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 15 Aug 2024 - ApprovedF/YR24/0799/NONMAT
Non-material Amendment: Change in size of the workshop and colour of the roof, relating to planning permission F/YR23/0952/F (Erect a workshop and single-storey link corridor to existing workshop)
Cobra Engineering Redmoor Lane Wisbech Cambridgeshire PE14 0RN
Received 3 Sept 2024 - GrantedF/YR24/0804/F
Erect a single-storey extension to rear of existing dwelling
10 Sealeys Lane Parson Drove Wisbech Cambridgeshire PE13 4LD
Received 4 Sept 2024 - GrantedF/YR24/0714/TRCA
Works to 1x Yew tree within a Conservation area
56 North Brink Wisbech Cambridgeshire PE13 1JX
Received 4 Sept 2024 - GrantedF/YR24/0829/F
Erect 1 x self-build/custom dwelling (2-storey 4-bed) involving the demolition of existing dwelling
The Haven Huntingdon Road Chatteris Cambridgeshire PE16 6TQ
Received 4 Sept 2024 - GrantedF/YR24/0791/VOC
Removal of condition 05 of planning permission F/YR21/0582/O (Erect up to 18 x dwellings involving the demolition of existing buildings (outline application with all matters reserved) relating to access
G And J Ping Limited 63 Coates Road Eastrea Peterborough Cambridgeshire PE7 2BA
Received 4 Sept 2024 - ApprovedF/YR24/3123/COND
Details reserved by Condition 02 (Materials) of planning permission F/YR24/0514/F ((Erect 1x Dwelling (self-build))
Land South Of 1 Meadowlands Wisbech Road March Cambridgeshire
Received 5 Sept 2024 - GrantedF/YR24/0846/F
Erect a dwelling (single storey 2-bed) and associated works
Land North West Of 2 High Street Manea Cambridgeshire
Received 5 Sept 2024 - UnknownF/YR26/2001/CCC
Consultation from Cambridgeshire County Council- Importation, storage, processing including use of trommel, picking and recycling of incinerator bottom ash (IBA) and construction and demolition (C&D) waste, for exportation for use as incinerator bottom ash secondary aggregates (IBAA)Informative: S73 planning application to vary conditions 5 (Approved plans & documents); 6 (Hours of operation); 15 (Vehicle movements); 21 (Annual throughput of waste); and 25 (Stockpile heights) of planning permission CCC/21/024/FUL to increase: the quantity of waste imported to the site, number of HGV movements, stockpile heights and hours of operation within building 1; make changes to the layout of plant; and to crush and screen IBA/IBAA and C&D waste at Former Saxon Brickworks, Off Peterborough Road, Whittlesey
Planning LACON County Road March Cambridgeshire
Received 5 Sept 2024 - GrantedF/YR24/0865/LB
External works to a listed building involving the removal of existing signage and replace with 1 x non-illuminated fascia sign, and the installation of air conditioning unit on rear flat roof
8 Market Hill Chatteris Cambridgeshire PE16 6BA
Received 5 Sept 2024 - ApprovedF/YR24/3124/COND
Details reserved by Condition 02 (Materials) of planning permission F/YR24/0210/F (Erect 1 x dwelling)
Land South West Of 27A Wimblington Road Doddington Cambridgeshire
Received 5 Sept 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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