Planning application
Possenhofen 21D Cannon Street Little Downham Ely Cambridgeshire CB6 2SR
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Certificate of Lawfulness for the use of land as residential curtilage and the erection of three outbuildings under permitted development rights.
As published by the council, reference 26/00632/CLE
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00632/CLE
- Type
- Certificate of lawfulness - existing
- Status
- Refused
- Decision
- Refused As published: Refuse
- Received
- 8 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 9 Jun 2026
- Decided
- 4 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Downham
- Parish
- Little Downham
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- CB6 2SR
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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8 Jun 2026
Received by East Cambridgeshire
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9 Jun 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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23 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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4 Aug 2026
Decision issued: Refuse
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
19 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this refusal means
East Cambridgeshire refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About lawful development applications
A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.
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