Meldreth Manor School Fenny Lane Meldreth Cambridgeshire SG8 6LG
Approved on 19 December 2025
Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of use of 9 No. dwellings from Class C2 (Residential Institutions) to Class C3 (Dwellinghouses) together with associated works and infrastructure.
- Received
- 3 October 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Melbourn
- ReceivedReceived3 Oct
- ValidatedValidated3 Oct
- Consult.Consultation14 Nov
- TargetTarget Date28 Nov
- DecidedDecided19 Dec
Decided in 77 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Meldreth Manor School Fenny Lane Meldreth Cambridgeshire SG8 6LG. South Cambridgeshire has handled 5,391 applications of this type. This one was decided in 77 days, 4 weeks longer than South Cambridgeshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Meldreth conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 93 applications across Melbourn. We hold 2,703 applications in total for the SG8 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
- SG8 6LG
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Meldreth CP
- District
- South Cambridgeshire District Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 3 October 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 22 October 2025
- Last date for comments
- 14 November 2025
- Target decision date
- 28 November 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Cheffins
- Agent address
- Clifton House 1- 2 Clifton Road Cambridge CB1 7EA
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 22 October 2025
- Site notice start
- 24 October 2025
Additional information
- Documents
- 29
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Conservation area: MeldrethPart of the site
- Tree Preservation Order: TPO 0007 (1966)Part of the site · +1 more
Also checked, none recorded (21)
flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, 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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Source: South Cambridgeshire
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