Planning application
238 High Street Cottenham Cambridgeshire CB24 8RZ
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Change of use from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to 2 No. Dwellinghouses (Use Class C3) comprising 1 No. 2 bed two storey dwelling and 1 No. 1 bed dwelling.
As published by the council, reference 25/00523/PRIOR
Application record
- Reference
- 25/00523/PRIOR
- Type
- Prior Approval
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Prior Approval Given
- Received
- 12 Feb 2025
- Validated
- 12 Feb 2025
- Decided
- 12 May 2025
- Ward
- Cottenham
- Parish
- Cottenham CP
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- CB24 8RZ
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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12 Feb 2025
Received by South Cambridgeshire
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12 May 2025
Decision issued: Prior Approval Given
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12 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Mole Architects Ltd Agent, an architecture practice registered in Ely
Active · incorporated 2002 · Ely
20 applications on PlanIndex · across 4 councils · 94% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
29 documents on file for this application
- DELEGATED REPORT
- DECISION NOTICE
- REVISED BLOCK AND LOCATION PLAN
- REVISED PROPOSED FLOORPLANS
- REVISED EXISTING FLOOR PLANS
- REVISED EXISTING ROOF PLAN
- REVISED DRAWING LIST
- EMAIL WITH REVISED INFORMATION
- DRAINAGE AND FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT
- ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
- BNE - CONSERVATION
- CLIMATE, WASTE & ENVIRONMENT
- LOCAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY
- DRAINAGE
- MAP OF NOTIFIED NEIGHBOURS
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER
- SITE NOTICE
- APPLICATION FORM - NO PERSONAL INFO
- FEE CALCULATION
- ATTACHMENT SUMMARY FROM PORTAL
- PROPOSED ROOF PLAN
- EXISTING SITE ELEVATIONS
- LOCATION AND BLOCK PLAN
- EXISTING FLOOR PLANS
- EXISTING ROOF PLAN
- PROPOSED PLANS
- EXISTING SITE ELEVATIONS
- PRIOR APPROVAL APPLICATION
- PLANNING STATEMENT
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
South Cambridgeshire granted permission on 12 May 2025, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About prior approval applications
Prior approval applies where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, leaving the council only the specific matters the rules name, commonly within 56 days. More in our guide to planning application types.
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