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37-39 High Street Sawston Cambridgeshire CB22 3BG

25/04622/PRIORPrior ApprovalRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 29 January 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from commercial, business and service (Use Class E) to 2no 2bed flats on the first floor.

Received
28 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Sawston
Agent
Mole Architects Ltd
  1. Received28 Nov
  2. Validated28 Nov
  3. Consult.15 Jan
  4. Target23 Jan
  5. Decided29 Jan

Decided in 62 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 37-39 High Street Sawston Cambridgeshire CB22 3BG. South Cambridgeshire has handled 854 applications of this type. This one was decided in 62 days, 13 days longer than South Cambridgeshire's typical decision time. The site is in 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 75 applications across Sawston. We hold 1,982 applications in total for the CB22 postcode area.

81% of outline 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 3BG
Application type
Prior Approval
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Sawston CP
District
South Cambridgeshire District Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 November 2025
Last date for comments
15 January 2026
Target decision date
23 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Mole Architects Ltd
Architect profile
MOLE ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address
52 Burleigh Street Cambridge CB1 1DJ

Planning decision

Case officer
Tom Chenery
Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
22 December 2025

Additional information

Documents
23

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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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.

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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    17 Apr

    Conversion of existing first floor space into two separate dwellings.

    ApprovedPrior Approval26/01478/PRIOR

Source: South Cambridgeshire

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