Land South 279 St Neots Road Hardwick CB23 7QN

S/3064/16/OLOutline ApplicationApproved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 14 August 2018

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Outline planning permission for a residential development of up to 155 dwellings following demolition of two existing dwellings with areas of landscaping and public open space and associated infrastructure works with all matters reserved except for access

Received: 11 November 2016
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: South Cambridgeshire District Council
Ward: Hardwick

ReceivedReceived11 Nov
ValidatedValidated29 Nov
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date28 Feb
DecidedDecided14 Aug

Decided in 623 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at Land South 279 St Neots Road Hardwick CB23 7QN. South Cambridgeshire has handled 854 applications of this type. This one was decided in 641 days, 85 weeks longer than South Cambridgeshire's typical decision time. There have been 22 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 24 applications across Hardwick. We hold 2,505 applications in total for the CB23 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: CB23 7QN
Application type: Outline Application
Scale / size: Large
Number of dwellings: 155
Parish: Hardwick CP
District: South Cambridgeshire District Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 29 November 2016
Consultation expiry: 3 January 2017
Target decision date: 28 February 2017
Permission expires: 14 August 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent: Barton Willmore
Agent address: Barton Willmore, Barton Willmore, St Andrews House, St Andrews Road, Cambridge, CB4 1WB

Planning decision

Statutory period: 91 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 13 December 2016
Advertisement expiry: 3 January 2017

Additional information

Documents: 38
Constraints: 8

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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