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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 dates8,127Searchable applications
256Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 7,063 approved or refused records
776Refused applications
6,287 approved · 776 refused · 277 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Further information not requiredF/YR24/0949/AG1
Erect a straw barn
White Fen Farm Floods Ferry Road Doddington March Cambridgeshire PE15 0UL
Received 21 Nov 2024 - UnknownF/YR24/0948/PNC04
Change of use from agricultural building to 4 x dwellings
Barn North Of Graysmoor Farm Graysmoor Drove Elm
Received 22 Nov 2024 - GrantedF/YR25/0197/F
Installation of air source heat pump to rear of existing dwelling
12 Ferry Close Whittlesey Peterborough Cambridgeshire PE7 1GP
Received 22 Nov 2024 - RefusedF/YR24/0993/TRTPO
Fell 1 x Beech tree covered by TPO 01/2006
26 Mill Road Whittlesey Peterborough Cambridgeshire PE7 1SN
Received 22 Nov 2024 - GrantedF/YR24/0965/TRCA
Works to 1no Lime tree and felling of 1no Lime tree within a Conservation Area
The Limes Begdale Road Elm Wisbech Cambridgeshire PE14 0BQ
Received 22 Nov 2024 - GrantedF/YR25/0107/F
Erect a single-storey rear infill extension to existing dwelling
Fenland Field Mile Tree Lane Wisbech Cambridgeshire PE13 4TR
Received 22 Nov 2024 - GrantedF/YR24/1019/F
Conversion of existing barn to 1-bed dwelling and associated showman's yard with upgraded access, including the siting of 3 x containers and the temporary siting of a caravan during construction (part retrospective)
Barn South Of Willow House Fendyke Lane Gorefield Cambridgeshire
Received 25 Nov 2024 - GrantedF/YR24/0997/F
Use of existing holiday caravan park to accommodate 16 x caravan pitches, and the formation of an internal track and parking areas
Camping Site The Golden Lion Sixteen Foot Bank Stonea Cambridgeshire PE15 0DU
Received 25 Nov 2024 - GrantedF/YR24/1014/F
Erect a part single-storey and part 2-storey extension to rear of existing dwelling
79 Burrowmoor Road March Cambridgeshire PE15 9RS
Received 25 Nov 2024 - GrantedF/YR24/1010/F
Replace existing roller shutter door with a window, to front of existing unit (retrospective)
Unit 4 55 Thorby Avenue March Cambridgeshire PE15 0AR
Received 25 Nov 2024 - GrantedF/YR24/1018/F
Convert existing barn to 1 x self-build/custom dwelling including the erection of single-storey rear extension, involving the demolition of part of existing building, the erection of a car port and 2.0m high front boundary wall, and widening and reinstating of existing access
Buildings South East Of The Farmhouse Nixhill Road Wimblington Cambridgeshire
Received 25 Nov 2024 - ApprovedF/YR24/3178/COND
Details reserved by Condition 02 (Window detail) of planning permission F/YR24/0589/F (Replacement windows to existing building)
51 West Street Wisbech Cambridgeshire PE13 2LY
Received 25 Nov 2024 - GrantedF/YR25/0037/F
Construction of an air rifle practice range to existing gun shop, including the erection of 2 x canopied areas
Whittlesey Gun Shop Station Road Whittlesey Peterborough Cambridgeshire PE7 2EY
Received 25 Nov 2024 - ApprovedF/YR24/3168/COND
Details reserved by Condition 06 part F (Validation Report) of planning permission F/YR21/0263/VOC (Variation of condition 15 to enable amendment to approved plans of planning permission F/YR18/0165/F (Erection of a single-storey retirement complex block comprising of 13 x 1-bed units with communal facilities, and a 1.1m high (max height) railings to front boundary involving demolition of existing dwelling))
Land North And West Of Elliott Lodge Elliott Road March Cambridgeshire
Received 25 Nov 2024 - GrantedF/YR24/1013/F
Erect a single-storey side and rear extension to existing dwelling
Two Acres Gaults Chase Elloe Bank Harolds Bridge Gorefield Wisbech Cambridgeshire PE13 4PY
Received 26 Nov 2024 - Permission not requiredF/YR25/0025/CERTP
Certificate of lawfulness (Proposed): Change of use of class C3 (dwelling house) to class C3b (use as a dwelling house by not more than six residents living together as a single household, including a household where care is provided for residents)
Brooklyn Begdale Road Elm Wisbech Cambridgeshire PE14 0AZ
Received 27 Nov 2024 - GrantedF/YR25/0034/F
Erect a 2 storey rear extension to existing dwelling
31 Southampton Place Chatteris Cambridgeshire PE16 6LR
Received 27 Nov 2024 - GrantedF/YR24/0956/F
Erect a detached double garage
38 Brewin Avenue March Cambridgeshire PE15 9SL
Received 4 Nov 2024 - UnknownF/YR24/3170/COND
Details reserved by conditions 11 (details for upgrading the Public Footpath) and 12 (Off-site upgrading works) of Planning Appeal APP/D0515/W/23/3327578 relating to planning application F/YR22/0062/O (Erect up to 110no dwellings )
Land South Of 73-81 Upwell Road March Cambridgeshire
Received 28 Nov 2024 - GrantedF/YR25/0043/F
Erect a single storey side extension to existing dwelling
Woad Mill Farmhouse 306 Main Road Church End Parson Drove Wisbech Cambridgeshire PE13 4LF
Received 28 Nov 2024 - GrantedF/YR25/0024/F
Erect a 2-storey extension to side and door canopy to front of existing dwelling
24 The Hawthorns Chatteris Cambridgeshire PE16 6NQ
Received 28 Nov 2024 - GrantedF/YR25/0149/FDC
Demolition of existing building and erect a max 2.4m fence in a conservation area
2 Broad Street March Cambridgeshire PE15 8TG
Received 28 Nov 2024 - ApprovedF/YR25/0017/RM
Reserved Matters application relating to detailed matters of access, appearance, landscaping, layout and scale pursuant to outline permission F/YR21/0842/O to erect 9 x dwellings involving demolition of existing dwelling and outbuildings
2 Doddington Road Chatteris Cambridgeshire PE16 6UA
Received 28 Nov 2024 - ApprovedF/YR25/0100/RM
Reserved Matters application relating to detailed matters of appearance, landscaping, layout and scale (Plot 3 only) pursuant to planning permission F/YR22/1018/VOC Variation of conditions 4 (surface water drainage), 5 (temporary facilities), 10 (footpath) and 11 (list of approved drawings) relating to planning permission F/YR19/1031/O (Erect up to 3no dwellings)
Land North West Of 24 Willey Terrace Doddington Road Chatteris Cambridgeshire
Received 29 Nov 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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