Plans for the Alexandra Road and Love Lane site
Developer Fitzroy Highgate has submitted a planning application for the property at the junction of Alexandra Road and Love Lane. The proposed conversion and replacement extension require planning permission.
The planning statement describes a building in poor repair that has stood unused for "a significant period". It argues that residential use would attract investment, return the property to active use and support the vitality of the town center.
The statement characterizes the existing building as "unattractive" and the proposed housing as "much-needed". It also maintains that the nine-flat scheme would not amount to overdevelopment.
The company behind the application
The applicant, Fitzroy Highgate Limited, was incorporated on January 18, 2013, according to Companies House. It is a UK private limited company registered under number 08366160, with its registered office at C/O Rpgcc, 40 Gracechurch Street, London EC3V 0BT.
Its registered business activities include buying and selling its own real estate, letting and operating property it owns or leases, and managing real estate on a fee or contract basis.
Separate High Street project seeks funding
Elsewhere in Wisbech, a separate housing and commercial development has already received planning approval. In September 2026, Fenland District Council approved a block of six one-bedroom flats with commercial space on the ground floor at the former 11-12 High Street site. Two council-owned Grade II-listed buildings there were demolished in 2020, according to BBC News.
That project has an estimated cost of £3.3 million. It is seeking £1.5 million from the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority and another £1.5 million from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, with the balance to come from the council's capital funding.
The combined authority's funding committee has recommended approval of its £1.5 million contribution. The authority says the High Street development would create three full-time equivalent jobs.
