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LGC Limited Newmarket Road Fordham Ely Cambridgeshire CB7 5WW

Awaiting decision East Cambridgeshire 26/00845/CLE Certificate of lawfulness - existing

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Proposal

An existing employee and visitor car park on the LGC Laboratory site, used continuously for parking over 10 years

As published by the council, reference 26/00845/CLE

Application record

Reference
26/00845/CLE
Type
Certificate of lawfulness - existing
Status
Pending Consideration
Received
7 Aug 2026
Validated
7 Aug 2026
Ward
Fordham And Isleham
Parish
Fordham
Postcode
CB7 5WW

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 7 Aug 2026

    Received by East Cambridgeshire

  2. 21 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 2 October 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 59 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

7 documents on file for this application

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What 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 lawful development applications in a median of 58 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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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