Downing Farm Station Road Swaffham Bulbeck Cambridge CB25 0NW
Approved on 27 May 2025
Council decision: Grant (Prior Approval)Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of use of building and land from an agricultural use to two dwellinghouses
- Received
- 3 April 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 5
- Ward
- Bottisham
- ReceivedReceived3 Apr
- ValidatedValidated3 Apr
- Consult.Consultation2 May
- TargetTarget Date29 May
- DecidedDecided27 May
Decided in 54 days (council typically 42)
About this application
This is a planning application for a change of use at Downing Farm Station Road Swaffham Bulbeck Cambridge CB25 0NW. East Cambridgeshire has handled 51 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days, 12 days longer than East Cambridgeshire's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 47 applications across Bottisham. We hold 1,521 applications in total for the CB25 postcode area.
93% of all 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
- Postcode
- CB25 0NW
- Application type
- Agricultural to Residential Notification
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Swaffham Bulbeck
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 3 April 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 6 May 2025
- Consultation start
- 27 May 2025
- Consultation end
- 2 May 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 9 April 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 2 May 2025
- Target decision date
- 29 May 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- FAO Mr Edward Durrant Suite 4 - Pioneer House Vision Park Histon Cambridge CB24 9NL
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 17 April 2025
- Advertisement expiry
- 6 May 2025
- Site notice start
- 10 April 2025
- Site notice end
- 6 May 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13902855
- Documents
- 23
- Constraints
- 18
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Tree Preservation Order: TPO/E/13/67Part of the site · +1 more
- Green belt: East Cambridgeshire
Also checked, none recorded (21)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, Article 4 directions, 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.
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Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20265 Nov
Proposed Oil tank installation
PendingListed building consent26/01161/LBC - 201417 Nov
To discharge condition ( 3 ) ( Materials) ( 4 ) ( Joinery ) of decision dated 19.06.2014 for the Demolition…
Condition/s DischargedDischarge of conditions14/00481/DISA - 20148 Apr
Demolition of existing bay window, replacement with garden room and new front porch
ApprovedListed building consent14/00486/LBC - 20148 Apr
Demolition of existing bay window, replacement with single storey garden room and new front Porch
ApprovedFull Application14/00481/FUL
Source: East Cambridgeshire
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