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The Heath Barn Rectory Farm Grange Road Ickleton Cambridgeshire CB10 1TA

25/05030/PRIORPrior ApprovalRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 18 February 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval RefusedDelegated (officer decision)3 reasons for refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of Use and conversion of Buildings on Agricultural Units and former Agricultural Buildings to 2 No. 3 bed Dwellinghouses (Class C3).

Received
24 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Duxford
Agent
BBR Design
  1. Received24 Dec
  2. Validated24 Dec
  3. Consult.9 Feb
  4. Target18 Feb
  5. Decided18 Feb

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at The Heath Barn Rectory Farm Grange Road Ickleton Cambridgeshire CB10 1TA. South Cambridgeshire has handled 854 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days longer than South Cambridgeshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 93 applications across Duxford. We hold 1,336 applications in total for the CB10 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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Why it was refused

  1. The works required for the building to function as a dwelling are likely to be new external and internal walls, an internal roof and insulation, and a first floor. These works would be extensive and are considered to be of a quantum which would exceed what would be reasonably necessary for the building to function as a dwelling. The development would therefore fail to comply with Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q(c) of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended).
  2. The floor space of each dwellinghouse would exceed 150 square metres. The development would therefore fail to comply with Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q1(c) of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended).
  3. The site is located within Flood Zone 1 (low risk) but is subject to surface water flood risk. Insufficient information in the form of a Flood Risk Assessment has been submitted to demonstrate that the development is not at risk of flooding and would be safe for its lifetime. The development would therefore fail to comply with Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q2(d) of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
CB10 1TA
Application type
Prior Approval
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Ickleton CP
District
South Cambridgeshire District Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 December 2025
Last date for comments
9 February 2026
Target decision date
18 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
BBR Design
Agent address
Bbr Design 7 Paynes Park Hitchin SG51EH

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
19 January 2026

Additional information

Documents
27

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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: South Cambridgeshire

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