Land South Of South Cambridge Business Park Babraham Road Sawston Cambridge South Cambridgeshire
Approved on 31 March 2023
Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
S73 Variation of condition 2 (Approved plans) of planning permission 21/03955/FUL (Erection of 280 dwellings, including 72 affordable dwellings, two new vehicular accesses from Babraham Road, pedestrian and cycle access, publicly accessible open space, a Local Area of Play (LAP) and a Local Equipped Area of Play (LEAP), landscaping and earthworks and surface water drainage, associated amenity space and attenuation features and internal infrastructure) to relocate the pump station and substation.
- Received
- 24 October 2022
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Sawston
- ReceivedReceived24 Oct
- ValidatedValidated24 Oct
- Consult.Consultation22 Mar
- TargetTarget Date23 Jan
- DecidedDecided31 Mar
Decided in 158 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an application to vary a condition at Land South Of South Cambridge Business Park Babraham Road Sawston Cambridge South Cambridgeshire. South Cambridgeshire has handled 2,693 applications of this type. This one was decided in 158 days, 16 weeks longer than South Cambridgeshire's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 75 applications across Sawston.
95% of conditions 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
- Section 73 - Remove/Vary Condition
- Scale / size
- Large
- Number of dwellings
- 280
- Parish
- Sawston CP
- District
- South Cambridgeshire District Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 24 October 2022
- Consultation expiry
- 22 March 2023
- Consultation start
- 8 March 2023
- Consultation end
- 22 March 2023
- Neighbour consultation end
- 5 December 2022
- Last date for comments
- 22 March 2023
- Target decision date
- 23 January 2023
- Permission expires
- 31 March 2026
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 91 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 23 November 2022
- Advertisement expiry
- 14 December 2022
- Site notice start
- 7 December 2022
- Site notice end
- 28 December 2022
Additional information
- Documents
- 64
- Constraints
- 17
Site constraints
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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Associated applications
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S73 to vary condition 1 (approved drawings) and condition 2 (linking condition) of 22/04685/S73
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RefusedNon-material amendmentAmendment22/04685/NMA2 - 20249 Aug
Non material amendment of planning permission 22/04685/S73
ApprovedNon-material amendmentAmendment22/04685/NMA1 - 202325 Sep
Submission of details required by condition 22 (Travel Plan) of planning permission 21/03955/FUL
Discharge Condition in FullDischarge of conditions22/04685/CONDD - 202316 May
Submission of details required by condition 16 (Materials) of planning permission 21/03955/FUL
Discharge Condition in FullDischarge of conditions22/04685/CONDC - 202319 Apr
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Discharge Condition in FullDischarge of conditions22/04685/CONDA - 202319 Apr
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Discharge Condition in FullDischarge of conditions22/04685/CONDB - 202224 Oct
S73 Variation of condition 2 (Approved plans) of planning permission 21/03955/FUL
This applicationApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)22/04685/S73
Source: South Cambridgeshire
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