Land South Of South Cambridge Business Park Babraham Road Sawston Cambridgeshire
Approved on 22 October 2025
Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)5 conditions
Proposal
S73 to vary condition 1 (approved drawings) and condition 2 (linking condition) of 22/04685/S73 (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) to amend house types at plots 54 to 73 and 94 to 134, affecting 61 plots in total, and associated layout and landscape alterations, and to remove reference to conditions 13 (garage details), 17 (hard and soft landscaping) and 26 (obscure glazing) in condition 2 of 22/04685/S73.
- Received
- 26 June 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Duxford
- Agent
- Carter Jonas LLP
- ReceivedReceived26 Jun
- ValidatedValidated15 Jul
- Consult.Consultation10 Oct
- TargetTarget Date14 Oct
- DecidedDecided22 Oct
Decided in 99 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 Cambridgeshire. South Cambridgeshire has handled 2,693 applications of this type. This one was decided in 118 days, 10 weeks longer than South Cambridgeshire's typical decision time. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 93 applications across Duxford.
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
- 15 July 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 30 July 2025
- Last date for comments
- 10 October 2025
- Target decision date
- 14 October 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Carter Jonas LLP
- Agent address
- One Station Square Cambridge CB1 2GA
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 91 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 30 July 2025
- Site notice start
- 1 August 2025
Additional information
- Documents
- 75
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
- 20263 Feb
Non material amendment on application 25/02522/S73
PendingNon-material amendmentAmendment25/02522/NMA1 - 202527 Oct
Submission of details required by condition 5 (reptile survey) of planning permission 25/02522/S73
Discharge Condition in FullDischarge of conditions25/02522/CONDA - 202526 Jun
S73 to vary condition 1 (approved drawings) and condition 2 (linking condition) of 22/04685/S73
This applicationApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)25/02522/S73 - 202511 Mar
Non material amendment on application 22/04685/S73
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
Submission of details required by conditons 3 (construction environment management plan), 5 (lighting design…
Discharge Condition in FullDischarge of conditions22/04685/CONDA - 202319 Apr
Submission of details required by conditions 14 (landscape and ecological management plan), 17 (hard and soft…
Discharge Condition in FullDischarge of conditions22/04685/CONDB - 202224 Oct
S73 Variation of condition 2 (Approved plans) of planning permission 21/03955/FUL
ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)Part of22/04685/S73
Source: South Cambridgeshire
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