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Downing Farm Station Road Swaffham Bulbeck Cambridgeshire CB25 0NW

25/01343/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 27 February 2026

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)13 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of building and land from an agricultural use to two dwellinghouses

Received
11 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
6
Ward
Bottisham
  1. Received11 Dec
  2. Validated5 Jan
  3. Consult.26 Feb
  4. Target2 Mar
  5. Decided27 Feb

Decided in 53 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Downing Farm Station Road Swaffham Bulbeck Cambridgeshire CB25 0NW. East Cambridgeshire has handled 950 applications of this type. This one was decided in 78 days, 5 weeks longer than East Cambridgeshire's typical decision time. There have been 2 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.

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

Postcode
CB25 0NW
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Swaffham Bulbeck

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 January 2026
Consultation expiry
26 February 2026
Consultation start
27 February 2026
Consultation end
26 February 2026
Neighbour consultation start
14 January 2026
Neighbour consultation end
4 February 2026
Target decision date
2 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
PiP Architecture 4 Belmont Place Cambridge CB1 1AR

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
22 January 2026
Advertisement expiry
5 February 2026
Site notice start
5 February 2026
Site notice end
26 February 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14555501
Documents
40
Constraints
19

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: Downing FarmhouseOn this site · +1 more
  • 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.

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

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.

© 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.

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

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    3 Nov

    To discharge Condition 5 (Surface Water Disposal), 6 (Secured Cycle Parking) and partially discharge 4…

    PendingDischarge of conditions25/01343/DISA
  2. 2025
    11 Dec

    Change of use of building and land from an agricultural use to two dwellinghouses

    This applicationApprovedFull25/01343/FUL

Source: East Cambridgeshire

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