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Cambridge South West Way Sawston Cambridgeshire CB22 3FG

23/03654/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 3 July 2024

Council decision: Granted PermissionPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of 3 employment/research and development units with flexible Eg(ii), Eg(iii) and B8 uses with ancillary offices for total of 8,018sqm (86,306sqft GIA) together with service areas, car parking and landscaping

Received
25 September 2023
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Sawston
Agent
Hale Architecture Limited
  1. Received25 Sep
  2. Validated25 Sep
  3. Consult.18 Dec
  4. Target25 Dec
  5. Decided3 Jul

Decided in 282 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a new dwelling at Cambridge South West Way Sawston Cambridgeshire CB22 3FG. South Cambridgeshire has handled 5,391 applications of this type. This one was decided in 282 days, 33 weeks longer than South Cambridgeshire's typical decision time. There have been 16 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 75 applications across Sawston. We hold 1,974 applications in total for the CB22 postcode area.

94% of full 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

Postcode
CB22 3FG
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Large
Parish
Sawston CP
District
South Cambridgeshire District Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 September 2023
Consultation expiry
28 February 2024
Consultation start
27 November 2023
Consultation end
18 December 2023
Neighbour consultation end
22 November 2023
Last date for comments
26 March 2024
Target decision date
25 December 2023
Committee meeting
10 April 2024
Permission expires
3 July 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
Hale Architecture Limited
Architect profile
HALE ARCHITECTURE LIMITED
Agent address
22C Leathermarket Street London SE1 3HP

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
28 February 2024
Advertisement expiry
8 November 2023
Site notice start
5 March 2024
Site notice end
20 November 2023

Appeal history

3336947
Allowed
Type: Householder (HAS)Procedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 10 July 2024Dev Type: Householder developmentsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Documents
196
Constraints
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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

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