Planning application
LGC Limited Newmarket Road Fordham Ely Cambridgeshire CB7 5WW
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
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
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7 Aug 2026
Received by East Cambridgeshire
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21 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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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 55 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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Trade members open them from here.
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's median decision took 55 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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