Chapmans Farm Alms Hill Bourn CB23 2SZ
Refused on 6 August 2021
Council decision: Refused PermissionDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Conversion of agricultural building to 3 No. dwellings and associated work
- Received
- 14 December 2020
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Cambridge City Council
- Ward
- Caldecote
- ReceivedReceived14 Dec
- ValidatedValidated14 Dec
- Consult.Consultation23 Mar
- TargetTarget Date8 Feb
- DecidedDecided6 Aug
Decided in 235 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Chapmans Farm Alms Hill Bourn CB23 2SZ. Cambridge has handled 1,534 applications of this type. This one was decided in 235 days, 27 weeks longer than Cambridge's typical decision time. The site is in the Bourn Village and Hall conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 2,506 applications in total for the CB23 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
- CB23 2SZ
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Bourn CP
- District
- South Cambridgeshire District Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 14 December 2020
- Consultation expiry
- 23 March 2021
- Consultation start
- 9 March 2021
- Consultation end
- 23 March 2021
- Neighbour consultation end
- 4 February 2021
- Last date for comments
- 23 March 2021
- Target decision date
- 8 February 2021
- Decision issued
- 9 August 2021
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Sworders
- Agent address
- The Gatehouse Hadham Hall Little Hadham Ware SG11 2EB
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 13 January 2021
- Advertisement expiry
- 10 February 2021
- Site notice start
- 22 January 2021
- Site notice end
- 12 February 2021
Additional information
- Documents
- 22
- Constraints
- 5
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Bourn
- 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.
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