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Sheepfold Community Square Land To The West Of Cambourne Cambourne CB23 6ER

Awaiting decision South Cambridgeshire 25/02350/REM Approval of Reserved Matters

Works: Extension

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Proposal

Reserved matters application for the approval of access, appearance, landscaping, layout and scale for the detailed design and layout of Community Square within the Sheepfold Neighbourhood, including street furniture, community infrastructure, boundary treatments, surfacing, planting and access arrangements following outline planning permission S/2903/14/OL (Development of up to 2350 residential units including affordable housing retail use classes A1-A5 (up to 1.04 ha) offices/light industry use class B1 (up to 6.25ha) community and leisure facilities use class D1 and D2 (up to 0.92 ha) Two primary schools and one secondary school (up to 11 ha) use class D1 three vehicular access points including the extension and modification of Sheepfold Lane a four arm roundabout provided on A1198/Caxton Bypass and an access point off the A1198 south of the Caxton Gibbet to serve the proposed employment uses a network of segregated pedestrian and cycle routes sustainable drainage system and other infrastructure together with associated earth works parking open space including equipped play playing fields and landscaping)

As published by the council, reference 25/02350/REM

Application record

Reference
25/02350/REM
Type
Approval of Reserved Matters
Status
Awaiting decision
Received
16 Jun 2025
Validated
16 Jun 2025
Ward
Cambourne
Parish
Cambourne CP
Postcode
CB23 6ER

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 16 Jun 2025

    Received by South Cambridgeshire

  2. 23 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 11 August 2025, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    South Cambridgeshire took a median of 56 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Cases linked to this one on the register

  • Application: S/2903/14/OL (Decided)

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

24 documents on file for this application

  • EOT REQUEST Extension of Time Request · 15 Sep 2025
  • LANDSCAPE Consultee Comments · 27 Aug 2025
  • URBAN DESIGN Consultee Comments · 30 Jul 2025
  • PARISH Consultee Comments · 28 Jul 2025
  • ECOLOGY Consultee Comments · 23 Jul 2025
  • CONTAMINATED LAND Consultee Comments · 23 Jul 2025
  • LOCAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY Consultee Comments · 22 Jul 2025
  • HOUSING STRATEGY Consultee Comments · 15 Jul 2025
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER Application Officer Correspondence · 11 Jul 2025
  • MAP OF NOTIFIED NEIGHBOURS Neighbour/Consultee Notification List · 11 Jul 2025
  • SITE NOTICE Application Press/Site Notices · 11 Jul 2025
  • APPLICATION FORM - NO PERSONAL INFO Application Information · 16 Jun 2025
  • FEE CALCULATION Application Information · 16 Jun 2025
  • ATTACHMENT SUMMARY FROM PORTAL Attachment Summary · 16 Jun 2025
  • SHEEPFOLD SQUARE WEST & COMMUNITY LAYOUT Drawings · 16 Jun 2025
  • SHEEPFOLD COMMUNITY SQUARE GENERAL ARRANGEMENTS Drawings · 16 Jun 2025
  • HARD MATERIALS PALETTE Photographs · 16 Jun 2025
  • SOUTHERN AREA SECTION ELEVATIONS Drawings · 16 Jun 2025
  • LANDSCAPE COMPLIANCE STATEMENT Application Survey / Assessment / Statement · 16 Jun 2025
  • COVERING LETTER_TL_V0-1_040625 Application Information · 16 Jun 2025
  • NORTHERN AREA SECTION ELEVATIONS Drawings · 16 Jun 2025
  • DESIGN DEVELOPMENT Application Information · 16 Jun 2025
  • SOFT MATERIALS PALETTE Photographs · 16 Jun 2025
  • SHEEPFOLD COMMUNITY SQUARE RED LINE BOUNDARY PLAN Drawings · 16 Jun 2025

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What happens while it is decided

This application is with South Cambridgeshire for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year South Cambridgeshire decided reserved matters applications in a median of 152 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

About reserved matters applications

A reserved matters application fills in the detail held back from an earlier outline permission, judged against that permission rather than the principle of development. More in our guide to planning application types.

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  • Sheepfold West Square Land To The West Of Cambourne Cambourne CB23 6ER

    24/04690/REM Submitted 16 Dec 2024 150 yards away

    Reserved matters application for the approval of access, appearance, landscaping, layout and scale for the detailed design and layout of the West Square within the Sheepfold Neighbourhood, including street furniture, boundary treatments, surfacing, planting and access arrangements following outline planning permission S/2903/14/OL (Development of up to 2350 residential units including affordable housing retail use classes A1-A5 (up to 1.04 ha) offices/light industry use class B1 (up to 6.25ha) community and leisure facilities use class D1 and D2 (up to 0.92 ha) Two primary schools and one secondary school (up to 11 ha) use class D1 three vehicular access points including the extension and modification of Sheepfold Lane a four arm roundabout provided on A1198/Caxton Bypass and an access point off the A1198 south of the Caxton Gibbet to serve the proposed employment uses a network of segregated pedestrian and cycle routes sustainable drainage system and other infrastructure together with associated earth works parking open space including equipped play playing fields and landscaping)

    Granted Reserved matters Extension 46 docs
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