Land To The Rear Of 79 High Street Meldreth Royston Cambridgeshire SG8 6LA

S/0067/20/RMApproval of Reserved MattersApproved

Reserved matters

Approved on 17 July 2020

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Approval of matters reserved for appearance landscaping layout and scale following outline planning permission S/1124/17/OL for the erection of 18 dwellings (Including affordable)

Received: 13 January 2020
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: South Cambridgeshire District Council
Ward: Melbourn
Agent: Pip Architecture

ReceivedReceived13 Jan
ValidatedValidated13 Jan
Consult.Consultation28 May
TargetTarget Date13 Apr
DecidedDecided17 Jul

Decided in 186 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a new dwelling at Land To The Rear Of 79 High Street Meldreth Royston Cambridgeshire SG8 6LA. South Cambridgeshire has handled 854 applications of this type. This one was decided in 186 days, 20 weeks longer than South Cambridgeshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Meldreth conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 93 applications across Melbourn. We hold 2,703 applications in total for the SG8 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: SG8 6LA
Application type: Approval of Reserved Matters
Scale / size: Large
Number of dwellings: 18
Parish: Meldreth CP
District: South Cambridgeshire District Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 13 January 2020
Consultation expiry: 28 May 2020
Consultation start: 13 May 2020
Consultation end: 28 May 2020
Neighbour consultation end: 28 May 2020
Last date for comments: 28 May 2020
Target decision date: 13 April 2020
Permission expires: 17 July 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent: Pip Architecture
Agent address: Pip Architecture, 4 Belmont Place, Cambridge, CB1 1AR

Planning decision

Statutory period: 91 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 29 January 2020
Advertisement expiry: 19 February 2020

Additional information

Documents: 85
Constraints: 11

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Meldreth
Tree Preservation Order: TPO 0007 (1966)Next to the site
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage 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.

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Erection of 18 dwellings (including affordable) with all matters reserved except for access
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Planning history at this site

3 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: South Cambridgeshire

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