Planning application
Land Adjacent To 73 Fordham Road Soham Cambridgeshire CB7 5AJ
Works: New dwelling Several homes
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Proposal
2no new dwellings, new/altered access, dropped kerbs and associated works
As published by the council, reference 26/00661/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00661/FUL
- Type
- Full Application
- Status
- Pending Consideration
- Received
- 18 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 18 Jun 2026
- Ward
- Soham South
- Parish
- Soham
- Postcode
- CB7 5AJ
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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18 Jun 2026
Received by East Cambridgeshire
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23 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 13 August 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
East Cambridgeshire took a median of 57 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
22 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with East Cambridgeshire for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year East Cambridgeshire decided full applications in a median of 88 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
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