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Olmstead Hall Olmstead Green Castle Camps Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB21 4TW

S/0401/17/PAPrior Approval Barns to DwellingsApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 29 March 2017

Council decision: Permission Not Required

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior approval of change of use of agricultural building to dwellinghouse

Received
31 January 2017
Ward
Balsham
Agent
Cheffins Planning And Development
  1. Received31 Jan
  2. Validated2 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target29 Mar
  5. Decided29 Mar

Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Olmstead Hall Olmstead Green Castle Camps Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB21 4TW. South Cambridgeshire has handled 854 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days, 8 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 58 applications across Balsham. 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 4TW
Application type
Prior Approval Barns to Dwellings
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Castle Camps CP
District
South Cambridgeshire District Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 February 2017
Target decision date
29 March 2017

Applicant and agent

Agent
Cheffins Planning And Development
Agent address
1-2, Clifton Road, Cambridge, CB1 7EA

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Documents
7
Constraints
4

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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