Planning application
Land Off Back Lane Cambourne Cambridgeshire
Works: New dwelling
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Erection of 58 No. Retirement Living apartments with associated access, car parking, landscaping, ancillary facilities, and associated works.
As published by the council, reference 25/02285/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 25/02285/FUL
- Type
- Full Application
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Refused As published: Refused Permission
- Received
- 10 Jun 2025
- Validated
- 10 Jun 2025
- Decided
- 13 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Cambourne
- Parish
- Cambourne CP
- Decision by
- Committee Decision (Area/Main)
Timeline
Dates from the published record
-
10 Jun 2025
Received by South Cambridgeshire
-
23 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
-
13 Aug 2026
Decision issued: Refused Permission
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The Planning Bureau Ltd Agent, a planning consultancy registered in Bournemouth
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89 documents on file for this application
- DECISION NOTICE
- COMMITTEE REPORT
- 1 HORSECROFT DRIVE
- AGENT/APPLICANT PUBLIC SPEAKING LETTER
- WATER EFFICIENCY CALCULATOR
- EOT REQUEST
- EOT REQUEST
- S106 OFFICER
- EOT REQUEST
- EOT REQUEST
- HEALTH SPECIALIST OFFICER
- NHS CAMBRIDGESHIRE & PETERBOROUGH ICB
- CAM CYCLE
- LLFA
- COMMUNITIES TEAM, GROWTH
- ACTIVE TRAVEL
- TRANSPORT ASSESSMENT TEAM
- TREES
- TREES
- TREES
- HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- ANGLIAN WATER
- CLIMATE, WASTE & ENVIRONMENT
- LOCAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY
- URBAN DESIGN
- ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
- HOUSING STRATEGY
- CLLR CALL IN
- PARISH
- CLIMATE, WASTE & ENVIRONMENT
- ECOLOGY
- CAMBRIDGESHIRE CONSTABULARY
- SUSTAINABILITY
- LLFA
- NATURAL ENGLAND COMMENTS
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER
- MAP OF NOTIFIED NEIGHBOURS
- ARCHAEOLOGY COMMENTS
- WASTE - SHARED SERVICE
- SITE NOTICE
- TREE PROTECTION PLAN
- COVER EMAIL
- STATUTORY BIODIVERSITY METRIC CALCULATION TOOL
- FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT (P1)
- FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT (P2)
- FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT (P3)
- FEE CALCULATION
- APPLICATION FORM - NO PERSONAL INFO
- ATTACHMENT SUMMARY FROM PORTAL
- EXPLORATORY HOLE LOCATION PLAN
- BOREHOLE LOG - CABLE PERCUSSION
- GREAT CRESTED NEWT HABITAT SUITABILITY INDEX ASSESSMENT & EDNA SURVEY
- NOISE ASSESSMENT
- PRELIMINARY ECOLOGICAL APPRAISAL REV A
- COVERING LETTER
- BIODIVERSITY STATEMENT & METRIC ASSESSMENT
- PLANNING STATEMENT
- TREESURVEY
- VISUALLY VERIFIED MONTAGES
- INTERNAL DAYLIGHT AND SUNLIGHT REPORT
- FINANCIAL VIABILITY ASSESSMENT
- DESIGN & ACCESS STATEMENT PT1
- DESIGN & ACCES STATEMENT PT2
- DESIGN & ACCES STATEMENT PT3
- TREE CONSTRAINTS PLAN
- STATEMENT OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT (SCI)
- DRAINAGE STRATEGY REPORT
- PROPOSED ELEVATIONS 1 REV B
- PROPOSED ELEVATIONS 02
- DESIGN & ACCES STATEMENT PT4
- PROPOSED FIRST FLOOR PLAN
- PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR PLAN
- SITE LOCATION PLAN
- PROPOSED DRAINAGE LAYOUT
- PROPOSED LEVELS
- LANDSCAPE LAYOUT
- DETAILED PLANTING PLAN
- ENERGY STATEMENT 28.05.25
- PROPOSED ROOF PLAN
- PROPOSED SECOND FLOOR PLAN
- PROPOSED SITE PLAN
- HOUSING FOR OLDER PEOPLE: NEEDS AND SUPPLY ASSESSMENT
- SWS 15.04.25
- PROPOSED THIRD FLOOR PLAN
- WELLBEING IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- TRANSPORT STATEMENT PAGE 1-50
- TRANSPORT STATEMENT PAGE 51-82
- TRAVEL PLAN PAGE 1-50
- TRAVEL PLAN PAGE 51-98
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