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Recreation Ground, Great Shelford Tennis Club Woollards Lane Great Shelford Cambridgeshire CB22 5LZ

26/00629/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 28 April 2026

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)10 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of existing clubhouse and erection of new clubhouse.

Received
18 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Shelford
  1. Received18 Feb
  2. Validated23 Feb
  3. Consult.14 Apr
  4. Target20 Apr
  5. Decided28 Apr

Decided in 64 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Recreation Ground, Great Shelford Tennis Club Woollards Lane Great Shelford Cambridgeshire CB22 5LZ. South Cambridgeshire has handled 5,391 applications of this type. This one was decided in 69 days, 3 weeks longer than South Cambridgeshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Great Shelford conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 156 applications across Shelford. We hold 1,974 applications in total for the CB22 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
CB22 5LZ
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Great Shelford CP
District
South Cambridgeshire District Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 February 2026
Consultation expiry
11 March 2026
Last date for comments
14 April 2026
Target decision date
20 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
114 Hobson Avenue Trumpington Cambridge CB2 9BE

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
11 March 2026
Site notice start
13 March 2026

Additional information

Documents
35

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Great Shelford
  • Listed building: Grade II: 11 and 13, Woollards LaneOn or next to this site
  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO 0028 (2002)Part of the site · +3 more
  • Green belt: South CambridgeshirePart of the site
Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, 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

  1. 2026
    29 May

    Submission of details required by conditions 3 (arboricultural method statement and tree protection plan), 4…

    Discharge Condition in FullDischarge of conditions26/00629/CONDA
  2. 2026
    18 Feb

    Demolition of existing clubhouse and erection of new clubhouse.

    This applicationApprovedFull26/00629/FUL

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