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Gills Hill Farm Gills Hill Bourn Bourn Cambridgeshire CB23 2TS

S/1500/15/FLFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 5 April 2016

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of existing commercial buildings and erection of 16 dwellings (including seven affordable dwellings) public open space creation of new access and landscaping

Received
12 June 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received12 Jun
  2. Validated25 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target24 Sep
  5. Decided5 Apr

Decided in 285 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Gills Hill Farm Gills Hill Bourn Bourn Cambridgeshire CB23 2TS. South Cambridgeshire has handled 5,391 applications of this type. This one was decided in 298 days, 36 weeks longer than South Cambridgeshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 2,505 applications in total for the CB23 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
CB23 2TS
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
16
Parish
Bourn CP
District
South Cambridgeshire District Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 June 2015
Consultation expiry
4 August 2015
Target decision date
24 September 2015
Permission expires
4 April 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent
Bidwells
Agent address
Bidwell House, Trumpington Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB2 9LD

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
14 July 2015
Advertisement expiry
4 August 2015

Additional information

Documents
55
Constraints
6

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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  4. 2016
    18 May

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  5. 2016
    14 Apr

    Discharge of condition 10 (contamination) of planning application S/1500/15/FL

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsS/1031/16/DC
  6. 2016
    14 Apr

    Discharge of conditions 6 (tree protection) 12 (construction management plan) 15 (Aboricultural and landscape…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsS/1032/16/DC
  7. 2015
    12 Jun

    Demolition of existing commercial buildings and erection of 16 dwellings (including seven affordable…

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