Planning application
The Black Horse 35 High Street Swaffham Bulbeck Cambridge CB25 0HP
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Replace existing rear car park with new beer garden, including 8 timber posts for festoon lighting on tensile wires. A new bonded resin gravel finish and associated works
As published by the council, reference 26/00529/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00529/FUL
- Type
- Full Application
- Status
- Pending Consideration
- Received
- 15 May 2026
- Validated
- 3 Jun 2026
- Ward
- Bottisham
- Parish
- Swaffham Bulbeck
- Postcode
- CB25 0HP
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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15 May 2026
Received by East Cambridgeshire
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3 Jun 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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23 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 29 July 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
East Cambridgeshire took a median of 57 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
27 documents on file for this application
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This application is with East Cambridgeshire for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year East Cambridgeshire decided full applications in a median of 88 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
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