Sawston Village College 12 New Road Sawston Cambridgeshire CB22 3BP

24/04406/FULFull ApplicationApproved

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Approved on 27 February 2025

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Demolition of eight existing school buildings (Blocks EFAD, EFAF, EFAK, EFAL, EFAM, EFAN, ANC1, ANC2), refurbishment of the Marven Centre (Block EFAH) and Blocks EFAG and EFAI, and the refurbishment and single-storey extension to the sports block (EFAC), and construction of a new replacement two-storey school building, along with access, parking, landscaping and associated infrastructure.

Received: 25 November 2024
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: South Cambridgeshire District Council
Ward: Sawston
Agent: DPP Planning

ReceivedReceived25 Nov
ValidatedValidated25 Nov
Consult.Consultation6 Feb
TargetTarget Date20 Jan
DecidedDecided27 Feb

Decided in 94 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Sawston Village College 12 New Road Sawston Cambridgeshire CB22 3BP. South Cambridgeshire has handled 5,391 applications of this type. This one was decided in 94 days, 6 weeks longer than South Cambridgeshire's typical decision time. The site is in 5 listed buildings nearby. There have been 10 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 3BP
Application type: Full Application
Scale / size: Large
Parish: Sawston CP
District: South Cambridgeshire District Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 25 November 2024
Consultation expiry: 4 December 2024
Last date for comments: 6 February 2025
Target decision date: 20 January 2025
Permission expires: 27 February 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent: DPP Planning
Agent address: 11-13 Penhill Road Pontcanna Cardiff CF11 9PQ

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 4 December 2024
Site notice start: 18 December 2024

Additional information

Documents: 163

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Listed building: Grade II: College House to West of Village CollegeOn this site · +4 more
Green belt: South CambridgeshirePart of the site
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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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