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18 Boxworth End Swavesey Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB24 4RA

S/0875/15/OLOutline ApplicationRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 28 October 2015

Council decision: Refused Permission

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Outline application for development of 30 new dwellings comprising 18 market and 12 affordable units plus open space children's play area and landscaping (with all matters reserved save for access)..

Received
1 April 2015
Ward
Swavesey
  1. Received1 Apr
  2. Validated9 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target9 Jul
  5. Decided28 Oct

Decided in 202 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application at 18 Boxworth End Swavesey Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB24 4RA. South Cambridgeshire has handled 854 applications of this type. This one was decided in 210 days, 23 weeks longer than South Cambridgeshire's typical decision time. There have been 7 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 40 applications across Swavesey. We hold 1,341 applications in total for the CB24 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
CB24 4RA
Application type
Outline Application
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
30
Parish
Swavesey CP
District
South Cambridgeshire District Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 April 2015
Consultation expiry
19 May 2015
Target decision date
9 July 2015

Applicant and agent

Agent
Sworders
Agent address
The Gate House, Hadham Hall, Little Hadham, Ware, Hertfordshire, SG11 2EB

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
28 April 2015
Advertisement expiry
19 May 2015

Appeal

Appeal status
Appeal decided
Appeal result
Appeal Allowed

Additional information

Documents
30
Constraints
39

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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2020
    22 Oct

    Submission of details required by condition 10 (Archaeology) of planning permission S/0875/15/OL

    Discharge Condition in FullDischarge of conditionsS/0875/15/CONDA
  2. 2019
    16 Jul

    Discharge of condition 10 (WSI) pursuant to outline planning permission S/0875/15/OL

    RefusedDischarge of conditionsS/2473/19/DC
  3. 2019
    11 Jun

    Discharge of conditions 5 (Ecological enhancement) 6 (Scheme of mitigation for Great crested newts) 7…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsS/2529/19/DC
  4. 2019
    16 Apr

    Discharge of condition 10 (Written scheme of investigation) pursuant to outline planning permission…

    RefusedDischarge of conditionsS/1407/19/DC
  5. 2018
    27 Jul

    Approval of matters reserved for appearance landscaping layout & scale following outline planning permission…

    ApprovedReserved mattersRelatedS/2900/18/RM
  6. 2015
    1 Apr

    Outline application for development of 30 new dwellings comprising 18 market and 12 affordable units plus…

    This applicationRefusedOutlineS/0875/15/OL

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