Former Gestamp Factory Bourn Airfield St Neots Road Bourn Cambridgeshire

22/02569/ADVAdvert ConsentApproved

Advertisement consent

Approved on 1 November 2022

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Installation of 1 No. entrance totem, 9 No. unit signs, 1 No. unit sign and 2 No. direction signs.

Received: 31 May 2022
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: South Cambridgeshire District Council
Ward: Caldecote
Agent: Neame Sutton Limited

ReceivedReceived31 May
ValidatedValidated31 May
Consult.Consultation27 Jul
TargetTarget Date26 Jul
DecidedDecided1 Nov

Decided in 154 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an advertising consent application at Former Gestamp Factory Bourn Airfield St Neots Road Bourn Cambridgeshire. South Cambridgeshire has handled 71 applications of this type. This one was decided in 154 days, 15 weeks longer than South Cambridgeshire's typical decision time. There have been 13 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 93 applications across Caldecote.

94% of advertising applications at South Cambridgeshire District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type: Advert Consent
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Bourn CP
District: South Cambridgeshire District Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 31 May 2022
Consultation expiry: 12 August 2022
Consultation start: 6 July 2022
Consultation end: 27 July 2022
Neighbour consultation end: 27 July 2022
Last date for comments: 12 August 2022
Target decision date: 26 July 2022
Permission expires: 1 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent: Neame Sutton Limited
Agent address: West Suite Coles Yard Barn North Lane Clanfield PO8 0RN

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Site notice start: 22 July 2022
Site notice end: 12 August 2022

Additional information

Documents: 20
Constraints: 10

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

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13 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: South Cambridgeshire

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