Former Comfort Cafe Fourwentways Newmarket Road Little Abington Cambridgeshire CB21 6AP

26/00274/PRIORPrior ApprovalApproved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 19 February 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Demolition of the existing vacant former Comfort Cafe.

Received: 26 January 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: South Cambridgeshire District Council
Ward: Linton
Agent: Twenty5 Planning Limited

ReceivedReceived26 Jan
ValidatedValidated26 Jan
Consult.Consultation17 Feb
TargetTarget Date22 Feb
DecidedDecided19 Feb

Decided in 24 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at Former Comfort Cafe Fourwentways Newmarket Road Little Abington Cambridgeshire CB21 6AP. South Cambridgeshire has handled 854 applications of this type. This one was decided in 24 days, 4 weeks quicker than South Cambridgeshire's typical decision time. There have been 13 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 142 applications across Linton. We hold 1,477 applications in total for the CB21 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: CB21 6AP
Application type: Prior Approval
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Little Abington CP
District: South Cambridgeshire District Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 26 January 2026
Last date for comments: 17 February 2026
Target decision date: 22 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent: Twenty5 Planning Limited
Agent address: 20 Station Road Cambridge CB1 2JD

Planning decision

Statutory period: 27 days

Additional information

Documents: 20

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Tree Preservation Order: TPO 0001 (1958)Part of the site
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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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11 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: South Cambridgeshire

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