Sawston Greenway Cambridgeshire
Proposal
EIA Screening Opinion under the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 for a new non-motorised shared use path (also referred to as a Greenway) for use by cyclists, pedestrians and where possible horse-riders, linking Sawston to Cambridge city centre, via the villages of Great Shelford and Stapleford. From north to south, the Greenway would begin in Cambridge at the intersection between Long Road (A1134) and Robinson Way on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus (CBC), extending along Robinson Way and then following Francis Crick Avenue south to join the Genome Path. The route would then follow the Genome Path until linking into the village of Great Shelford at Charston Road and passing behind Shelford train station. Exiting Great Shelford, the route goes south-east through Stapleford village connecting to London Road (A1301).
- Received
- 28 August 2026
- Decision due
- 18 September 2026
- Ward
- Sawston
- ReceivedReceived28 Aug
- ValidatedValidated28 Aug
- Consult.Consultation22 Sep
- TargetTarget Date18 Sep
- DecidedDecided
About this application
This is an outline application at Sawston Greenway Cambridgeshire. South Cambridgeshire has handled 854 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 28 August 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 75 applications across Sawston.
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
- Application type
- EIA Screening Opinion
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Sawston CP
- District
- South Cambridgeshire District Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 28 August 2026
- Last date for comments
- 22 September 2026
Applicant and agent
- Architect profile
- ATKINSRÉALIS UK LIMITED
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 21 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 5
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
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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