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Land East Of Highfields Road Highfields Caldecote Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB23 7NX

S/2510/15/OLOutline ApplicationPermitted
Outline / PiP

Proposal

Outline planning permission for up to 140 residential dwellings (including up to 40% affordable housing) removal of existing temporary agricultural structures and debris introduction of structural planting and landscaping informal public open space and children?s play area community orchard and allotments surface water flood mitigation and attenuation vehicular access points from Highfields Road and associated ancillary works. All matters to be reserved with the exception of the main site access.

Received
23 September 2015
Decided
5 July 2017 · Appeal Allowed
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Caldecote
Approximate site (title boundary)
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  1. Received23 Sep
  2. Validated28 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target28 Dec
  5. Decided5 Jul

Decided in 646 days (council typically 49)

7 weeks typical decision time in South Cambridgeshire82% of outline applications approvedSee what's approved near your address

This is an outline application at Land East Of Highfields Road Highfields Caldecote Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB23 7NX. South Cambridgeshire has handled 853 applications of this type and approves 77% of them, typically deciding them in 56 days. This one was decided in 651 days, 85 weeks longer than South Cambridgeshire's median. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 100 applications across Caldecote. We hold 2,485 applications in total for the CB23 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
S/2510/15/OL
Address
Land East Of Highfields Road Highfields Caldecote Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB23 7NX
Postcode
CB23 7NX
Local Authority
South Cambridgeshire
Application Type
Outline Application
Scale / Size
Large
Number of Dwellings
140
Decision Status
Permitted
Current Status
Appeal decided
Ward
Caldecote
Parish
Caldecote CP
District
South Cambridgeshire District Council

Applicant & Agent

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
23 September 2015
Consultation Expiry
3 November 2015
Target Decision Date
28 December 2015
Date Decided
5 July 2017
Date Validated
28 September 2015
Date Submitted
23 September 2015
Permission Expires
5 July 2020

Planning Decision

Decision
Appeal Allowed
Decided By
Committee SCDC
Statutory Period
91 days

Publicity

Last Advertised
13 October 2015
Advertisement Expiry
3 November 2015

Appeal

Appeal Status
Appeal decided
Appeal Result
Appeal Allowed

Additional Information

Documents
27
Constraints
11
Coordinates
52.212826, -0.016747
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: South Cambridgeshire

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Associated applications

  1. 2025
    4 Aug

    S73 to vary condition 20 (Scheme for the design and materials to be used for access and public rights of way)…

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)25/03050/S73
  2. 2023
    9 Aug

    S73 to vary condition 18 (Scheme for a shared use footway/cycleway along the western side of Highfields Road)…

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)23/03096/S73
  3. 2022
    7 Oct

    Modification of planning obligations contained in a S106 Agreement dated 23 March 2017 made between (1) Rita…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions22/04443/S106A
  4. 2021
    14 Jun

    Variation of condition 18 (scheme for a shared use footway/cycleway along the western side of Highfields…

    RefusedVariation of conditions (s73)21/02795/S73
  5. 2021
    13 May

    Submission of details required by condition 20 (Design and materials to be used for access and public rights…

    WithdrawnDischarge of conditionsS/2510/15/CONDB
  6. 2021
    23 Mar

    S73 application to vary condition 1 (Approved Plans) of permission S/4619/18/RM

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)21/01334/S73
  7. 2021
    12 Jan

    Submission of details required by condition 27 (Travel Plan) of planning permission S/2510/15/OL

    Discharge of Conditions - DeemedDischarge of conditionsS/2510/15/CONDA
  8. 2019
    18 Dec

    Discharge of condition 20 (Scheme for the design and materials to be used for access and public rights of…

    RefusedDischarge of conditionsS/4437/19/DC
  9. 2019
    1 Nov

    Variation of condition 23 (water drainage scheme) of planning permission S/2510/15/OL

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)S/3777/19/VC
  10. 2019
    27 Sep

    Discharge of conditions 5 (Arboricultural method statement), 6 (Hard and Soft landscaping), 15 (Car Parking…

    Discharge Condition in FullDischarge of conditionsS/3338/19/DC
  11. 2019
    26 Sep

    Discharge of conditions 8 (Habitat and Species Mitigation) and 10 (Badger Mitigation Strategy) of planning…

    RefusedDischarge of conditionsS/3347/19/DC
  12. 2018
    6 Dec

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

    ApprovedReserved mattersRelatedS/4619/18/RM
  13. 2015
    23 Sep

    Outline planning permission for up to 140 residential dwellings (including up to 40% affordable housing)…

    This applicationApprovedOutlineS/2510/15/OL

Planning constraints

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.

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© 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 2026-10-09. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

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Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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