Planning application
Former David Ball (Db Group) Site Wellington Way Bourn Airfield Cambridge CB23 2TQ
Relates to 25/02472/FUL
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Submission of details required by condition 15 (land contamination - protection of groundwater) of planning permission 25/02472/FUL.
As published by the council, reference 25/02472/COND15
Application record
- Reference
- 25/02472/COND15
- Type
- Condition request
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 10 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 10 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Caldecote
- Parish
- Bourn CP
- Postcode
- CB23 2TQ
Site history
Applications at this address on the South Cambridgeshire register
This site has had 3 applications since 2025: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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25/02472/COND14 Awaiting decision
Former David Ball (Db Group) Site Wellington Way Bourn Airfield Cambridge CB23 2TQ
Submission of details required by condition 14 (land contamination - investigation and remediation strategies) of planning permission 25/02472/FUL.
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25/02472/FUL Granted
Former David Ball (Db Group) Site Wellington Way Bourn Airfield Cambridge CB23 2TQ
Hybrid planning application comprising of full planning permission for the demolition of the existing buildings, and outline planning permission with all matters reserved for up to 7,800sqm/83,960sqft (GEA) of commercial floorspace falling use classes E(g)(ii) Research and Development, E(g)(iii) Industrial processes and B8 Warehouse and Distribution, and associated infrastructure works at Phase 3 of Bourn Quarter. The application includes an Environmental Statement.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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10 Aug 2026
Received by South Cambridgeshire
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14 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 5 October 2026, 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 58 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Related applications
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25/02472/FUL Granted
Former David Ball (Db Group) Site Wellington Way Bourn Airfield Cambridge CB23 2TQ
Hybrid planning application comprising of full planning permission for the demolition of the existing buildings, and outline planning permission with all matters reserved for up to 7,800sqm/83,960sqft (GEA) of commercial floorspace falling use classes E(g)(ii) Research and Development, E(g)(iii) Industrial processes and B8 Warehouse and Distribution, and associated infrastructure works at Phase 3 of Bourn Quarter. The application includes an Environmental Statement.
- Application: 25/02472/COND14 (Awaiting decision)
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Agent on file, registered in Cambridge
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See who's behind itDocuments
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
10 documents on file for this application
- ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING
- ENVIRONMENT AGENCY
- LLFA
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER
- FEE CALCULATION
- APPLICATION FORM - NO PERSONAL INFO
- ATTACHMENT SUMMARY FROM PORTAL
- GEO-ENVIONMENTAL RISK ASSESSMENT
- REMEDIATION STRETEGY
- PHASE 3 CONDITIONS 14 AND 15 COVER LETTER
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat 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 condition discharge and variation applications in a median of 56 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About condition discharge and variation applications
This application deals with conditions on an existing permission, supplying the details a condition requires or asking to vary or remove one, without reopening the permission itself. More in our guide to planning application types.
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