73 High Street Meldreth Royston Cambridgeshire SG8 6LB

S/2292/15/LBListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 9 February 2016

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Alterations and refurbishment of The Homestead including demolition of previous extension together with restoration and rebuilding of front boundary wall..

Received: 4 September 2015
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: South Cambridgeshire District Council
Ward: Meldreth
Agent: Cound Webber Architects

ReceivedReceived4 Sep
ValidatedValidated4 Sep
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date30 Oct
DecidedDecided9 Feb

Decided in 158 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application for demolition at 73 High Street Meldreth Royston Cambridgeshire SG8 6LB. South Cambridgeshire has handled 754 applications of this type. This one was decided in 158 days, 16 weeks longer than South Cambridgeshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Meldreth conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 9 other applications at this address. We hold 2,703 applications in total for the SG8 postcode area.

98% of heritage 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 6LB
Application type: Listed Building Consent
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Meldreth CP
District: South Cambridgeshire District Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 4 September 2015
Consultation expiry: 20 October 2015
Target decision date: 30 October 2015
Permission expires: 9 February 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent: Cound Webber Architects
Agent address: The Workshop Dunkirk Corner, Downham Common, Little Downham, Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB6 2TY

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 29 September 2015
Advertisement expiry: 20 October 2015

Additional information

Documents: 24
Constraints: 5

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Meldreth
Listed building: Grade II: The HomesteadOn this site
Tree Preservation Order: TPO 0007 (1966)Protected tree on or next to this site · +1 more
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, 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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Associated applications

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Source: South Cambridgeshire

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