Land Adjacent 43 Mepal Road Sutton Cambridgeshire
Refused on 13 July 2017
Council decision: RefusePlanning committee
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Proposal
Full application for the erection of 77 no. dwellings for residential use along with access, associated landscaping parking and infrastructure
- Received
- 19 December 2016
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Public comments
- 28
- Ward
- Downham Villages
- ReceivedReceived19 Dec
- ValidatedValidated11 Jan
- Consult.Consultation9 Feb
- TargetTarget Date12 Apr
- DecidedDecided13 Jul
Decided in 183 days (council typically 42)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a new dwelling at Land Adjacent 43 Mepal Road Sutton Cambridgeshire. East Cambridgeshire has handled 950 applications of this type. This one was decided in 206 days, 23 weeks longer than East Cambridgeshire's typical decision time. There have been 33 other applications at this address.
87% of full applications at East Cambridgeshire District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 6 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Application type
- Full Major
- Scale / size
- Large
- Number of dwellings
- 77
- Parish
- Sutton
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 11 January 2017
- Consultation expiry
- 9 February 2019
- Consultation start
- 22 June 2017
- Consultation end
- 9 February 2019
- Neighbour consultation start
- 13 July 2017
- Neighbour consultation end
- 22 June 2017
- Target decision date
- 12 April 2017
- Committee meeting
- 5 July 2017
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 91 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 6 April 2017
- Advertisement expiry
- 27 April 2017
- Site notice start
- 27 March 2017
- Site notice end
- 17 April 2017
Appeal
- Appeal status
- Permitted
- Appeal result
- Appeal Allowed
Additional information
- Documents
- 224
- Constraints
- 7
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)
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