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Manor Farm Clayhithe Road Horningsea Cambridgeshire CB25 9JE

23/01581/CONDACondition requestRefused
Discharge / amendments

Refused on 19 May 2026

Council decision: Refuse to Discharge Condition1 reason for refusal

Proposal

Submission of details required by condition 3(a) (phase 1 desk study) of planning permission 23/01581/FUL

Received
13 February 2026
Ward
Fen Ditton & Fulbourn
Agent
Carter Jonas LLP
  1. Received13 Feb
  2. Validated13 Feb
  3. Consult.11 Mar
  4. Target8 May
  5. Decided19 May

Decided in 95 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at Manor Farm Clayhithe Road Horningsea Cambridgeshire CB25 9JE. South Cambridgeshire has handled 2,693 applications of this type. This one was decided in 95 days, 7 weeks longer than South Cambridgeshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Horningsea conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 163 applications across Fen Ditton & Fulbourn. We hold 1,521 applications in total for the CB25 postcode area.

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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Why it was refused

  1. Reasons Condition 3 The following documents have been considered and are the Refused Details relevant to this condition: -Documents Covering letter from Carter Jonas, dated 13 February 2026 Phase 2 Geo-environmental Report by Nott Group, dated 13 February 2026 The Council's Contamination Officer has been consulted on the above information, the full response of which is set out on the Council's website. In consideration of this advice, the details submitted are not acceptable and fail to be in conformity with the reasons and policy requirements of the condition for the following refusal reasons: - Further testing and assessment work is required in locations where made ground has been noted, and in garden and landscaped area. - Gas testing and risk assessmnet is still to be completed to address risk from potential off-site infilled land. It has not been explained why reference to an above ground fuel tank, requiring further assessment, has been removed in the amended report. - The condition requires assessment of the entire site, not individual plots. This condition is therefore not discharged. To address the reasons for the refusal of this condition submission, you will need to submit to the Local Planning Authority a revised application fully addressing the refusal reasons. Authorisation Authorised by: SJ Kelly Joint Director For Planning & Economic Development For Cambridge & South Cambridgeshire South Cambridgeshire Hall Cambourne Business Park Cambourne Cambridge CB23 6EA Date the decision was made: 19 May 2026

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
CB25 9JE
Application type
Condition request
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Horningsea CP
District
South Cambridgeshire District Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 February 2026
Last date for comments
11 March 2026
Target decision date
8 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Carter Jonas LLP
Agent address
One Station Square Cambridge CB1 2GA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Horningsea
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage 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.

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.

Source: South Cambridgeshire

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