Eternit UK Whaddon Road Meldreth Royston Cambridgeshire SG8 5RL

S/2228/16/E1EIA Screening OpinionApproved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 5 September 2016

Council decision: Delegated ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

EIA Screening opinion for mixed use development (up to 150 dwellings public open space and new technology plant) new car park and access for Sports & Social Club and associated infrastructure

Received: 25 July 2016
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: South Cambridgeshire District Council
Ward: Meldreth
Agent: Frost Planning Limited

ReceivedReceived25 Jul
ValidatedValidated27 Jul
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date16 Aug
DecidedDecided5 Sep

Decided in 40 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application at Eternit UK Whaddon Road Meldreth Royston Cambridgeshire SG8 5RL. South Cambridgeshire has handled 854 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 7 days quicker than South Cambridgeshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. 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 5RL
Application type: EIA Screening Opinion
Scale / size: Large
Number of dwellings: 150
Parish: Meldreth CP
District: South Cambridgeshire District Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 27 July 2016
Target decision date: 16 August 2016

Applicant and agent

Agent: Frost Planning Limited
Agent address: Drumlins, 57, Chelford Road, Prestbury, Cheshire, SK10 4PT

Planning decision

Statutory period: 20 days

Additional information

Documents: 24
Constraints: 11

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

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.

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Source: South Cambridgeshire

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