North West Cambridge Development

24/04479/SCOPEIA Scoping ReportApproved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 28 January 2025

Council decision: EIA Scoping Report IssuedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Request for an EIA Scoping Opinion with respect to the proposed development of up to 4,200 dwellings, 1,675 student bedspaces, 675 co-living units, 6,500sqm senior living accommodation, 100,000sqm of flexible employment floorspace (Uses Classes Use Class E(g)(i) / E(g)(ii) /E(g)(iii) / F1 / Sui Generis), 6,000sqm of retail, community, and indoor sports uses (Use Classes E(a) to E(f)), open space, and other associated infrastructure.

Received: 28 November 2024
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Cambridge City Council
Ward: Newnham

ReceivedReceived28 Nov
ValidatedValidated28 Nov
Consult.Consultation23 Dec
TargetTarget Date2 Jan
DecidedDecided28 Jan

Decided in 61 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application at North West Cambridge Development. Cambridge has handled 279 applications of this type. This one was decided in 61 days, 12 days longer than Cambridge's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 188 applications across Newnham.

85% of outline 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

Application type: EIA Scoping Report
Scale / size: Large
Number of dwellings: 4200
District: Cambridge City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 28 November 2024
Last date for comments: 23 December 2024
Target decision date: 2 January 2025
Permission expires: 28 January 2030

Applicant and agent

Agent: Quod
Agent address: 21 Soho Square London W1D 3QP

Planning decision

Statutory period: 35 days

Additional information

Documents: 40

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Green belt: Cambridge
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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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Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

Source: Cambridge

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