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8 Station Road Steeple Morden SG8 0NN

20/04358/FULFull ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 29 January 2021

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from a C3 (Dwelling house) to C2 (Care Home).

Received
23 October 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
The Mordens
Agent
Planning Potential
  1. Received23 Oct
  2. Validated23 Oct
  3. Consult.5 Jan
  4. Target18 Dec
  5. Decided29 Jan

Decided in 98 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 8 Station Road Steeple Morden SG8 0NN. Cambridge has handled 1,534 applications of this type. This one was decided in 98 days, 7 weeks longer than Cambridge's typical decision time. The site is in 3 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 2,703 applications in total for the SG8 postcode area.

90% of full applications at Cambridge City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
SG8 0NN
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Steeple Morden CP
District
South Cambridgeshire District Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 October 2020
Consultation expiry
5 January 2021
Consultation start
17 December 2020
Consultation end
5 January 2021
Neighbour consultation end
5 January 2021
Last date for comments
5 January 2021
Target decision date
18 December 2020
Permission expires
29 January 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Planning Potential
Agent address
14-15 Regent Parade Harrogate HG1 5AW

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
18 November 2020
Advertisement expiry
16 December 2020
Site notice start
27 November 2020
Site notice end
18 December 2020

Additional information

Documents
37
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Steeple Morden - St Peter and St PaulNext to the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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