Planning application
Former David Ball (Db Group) Site Wellington Way Bourn Airfield Cambridge CB23 2TQ
Works: Demolition
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
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.
As published by the council, reference 25/02472/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 25/02472/FUL
- Type
- Full Application
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Granted Permission
- Received
- 24 Jun 2025
- Validated
- 15 Jul 2025
- Decided
- 10 Apr 2026
- Ward
- Caldecote
- Parish
- Bourn CP
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- CB23 2TQ
Site history
Applications at this address on the South Cambridgeshire register
This site has had 4 applications since 2025: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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25/02472/COND6 Awaiting decision
Former David Ball (Db Group) Site Wellington Way Bourn Airfield Cambridge CB23 2TQ
Submission of details required by condition 6 (Construction Ecological Management Plan) of planning permission 25/02472/FUL
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25/02472/COND15 Awaiting decision
Former David Ball (Db Group) Site Wellington Way Bourn Airfield Cambridge CB23 2TQ
Submission of details required by condition 15 (land contamination - protection of groundwater) of planning permission 25/02472/FUL.
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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.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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24 Jun 2025
Received by South Cambridgeshire
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15 Jul 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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10 Apr 2026
Decision issued: Granted Permission
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29 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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25/02472/COND6 Awaiting decision
Former David Ball (Db Group) Site Wellington Way Bourn Airfield Cambridge CB23 2TQ
Submission of details required by condition 6 (Construction Ecological Management Plan) of planning permission 25/02472/FUL
-
25/02472/COND15 Awaiting decision
Former David Ball (Db Group) Site Wellington Way Bourn Airfield Cambridge CB23 2TQ
Submission of details required by condition 15 (land contamination - protection of groundwater) of planning permission 25/02472/FUL.
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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.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Neame Sutton Limited Agent, registered in Chichester
Active · incorporated 2010 · Chichester
59 applications on PlanIndex · across 18 councils · 92% granted
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See their track recordDiageo Pension Trust Ltd Applicant, registered in London
Active · incorporated 1971 · London
8 applications on PlanIndex
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
169 documents on file for this application
- ARCHAEOLOGY REVISED CONDITIONS
- DELEGATED REPORT
- DECISION NOTICE
- LOCAL LEAD FLOOD AUTHORITY
- EOT REQUEST
- UPDATED DRAINAGE INFORMATION
- UPDATED DRAINAGE INFORMATION
- LANDSCAPE
- URBAN DESIGN
- LLFA
- INFORMATION FOR LLFA - GREENFIELD RUNOFF RATES
- INFORMATION FOR LLFA - UPDATED FRA
- INFORMATION FOR LLFA - INDICATIVE DRAINAGE STRATEGY
- EOT REQUEST
- LLFA
- ESTIMATED STORAGE HYDRAULIC CALCULATIONS
- FURTHER RESPONSE NOTE TO AMENDMENTS
- RESPONSE TO LLFA COMMENTS
- AMENDED PARAMETER PLAN
- AMENDED ILLUSTRATIVE CONTEXT PARAMETER PLAN
- AVR WITH ADDITIONAL BUILDINGS
- EOT REQUEST
- EIA - UPDATED REGULATION 25 LETTER AND ENCLOSURES
- COMBINED LANDSCAPE AND DESIGN COMMENTS
- TRANSPORT ASSESSMENT TEAM
- ANGLIAN WATER COMMENTS
- ECOLOGY
- LOCAL LEAD FLOOD AUTHORITY COMMENTS
- SITE NOTICE
- APPLICANTS RESPONSE TO CONSULTATION FEEDBACK
- EIA REGULATION 25 SUBMISSION - FURTHER ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION
- LANDSCAPE VISUAL REPRESENTATIONS
- LVIA - TECHNICAL NOTE
- FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT AND DRAINAGE STRATEGY
- BIODIVERSITY NET GAIN ASSESSMENT REPORT
- BNG STATUTORY METRIC
- TRANSPORT POST APPLICATION RESPONSE
- FURTHER ARBORICULTURAL EXPLANATORY NOTE
- ILLUSTRATIVE CONTEXT PARAMETERS PLAN
- AMENDED PARAMETER PLAN
- EOT REQUEST
- AMENDED DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT
- UPDATED RESPONSE FROM EAST WEST RAIL COMPANY
- PLANNING POLICY COMMENTS
- URBAN DESIGN COMMENTS
- TRANSPORT ASSESSMENT TEAM
- LANDSCAPE
- ECOLOGY
- JUNIPER PROPCO (BOURN) LIMITED
- ANGLIAN WATER
- LOCAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY
- SCIENTIFIC OFFICER
- NATIONAL HIGHWAYS
- CLIMATE, WASTE & ENVIRONMENT
- ENVIRONMENT AGENCY COMMENTS
- EAST WEST RAIL COMMENTS
- CLIMATE, WASTE & ENVIRONMENT
- LLFA
- SUSTAINABILITY
- TREES
- ARCHAEOLOGY COMMENTS
- CONSERVATION
- INVALID LETTER
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER
- MAP OF NOTIFIED NEIGHBOURS
- WASTE - SHARED SERVICE
- SITE NOTICE
- SUPERSEDED BIODIVERSITY NET GAIN CALCULATIONS
- INVALID LETTER
- APPLICATION FORM - NO PERSONAL INFO
- FEE CALCULATION
- ATTACHMENT SUMMARY FROM PORTAL
- SUPERSEDED PARAMETERS PLAN
- ILLUSTRATIVE SITE LAYOUT PLAN
- ILLUSTRATIVE COLOURED SITE LAYOUT PLAN
- ILLUSTRATIVE ELEVATIONS
- AIR QUALITY ASSESSMENT
- DEMOLITION PLAN
- ILLUSTRATIVE COLOURED ELEVATIONS
- ES V1 CHAPTER 10 SUMMARY
- ES V1 CHAPTER 2 APPROACH TO EIA
- ES V1 CHAPTER 3 SITE CONTEXT
- AS-EXISTING SITE PLAN
- ES V1 CHAPTER 5 CONSIDERATION OF ALTERNATIVES
- ES V1 CHAPTER 6 TRANSPORT AND ACCESS
- ES V1 CHAPTER 7 SOCIO-ECONOMICS AND HUMAN HEALTH
- ES V1 CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
- BOURN QUARTER PHASE 3 ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT CONTENTS PAGE
- ES V1 CHAPTER 4 DEVELOPMENT SPECIFICATION
- SUPERSEDED ES V1 FIGURE 4.1 PARAMETERS PLAN
- ES V1 FIGURE 6.1 TRANSPORT AND ACCESS STUDY AREA
- ES V1 FIGURE 7.1 SOCIO-ECONOMICS AND HUMAN HEALTH IMPACT AREA MAP
- ES V1 FIGURE 8.1 HABITAT MAP
- ES V1 FIGURE 9.1 CUMULATIVE PROJECT PLAN
- ES V2 APPENDIX 1.1 STATEMENT OF TECHNICAL COMPETENCE
- ES V2 APPENDIX 2.2 EIA SCOPING OPINION
- ES V1 CHAPTER 8 BIODIVERSITY
- ES V2 APPENDIX 6.2 CONSTRUCTION TRAFFIC DATA
- ES V2 APPENDIX 6.3 2026 BASELINE TEMPRO GROWTH FACTORS AND CRITERIA
- ES V2 APPENDIX 8.1 ECOLOGY REPORT
- ES V2 APPENDIX 9.1 TRANSPORT AND ACCESS OPERATIONAL IN-COMBINATION EFFECTS ASSESSMENT
- ES V3 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN
- ES V4 NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARY
- LOCATION PLAN
- ES V1 CHAPTER 9 ASSESSMENT OF CUMULATIVE EFFECTS
- ARBORICULTURAL IMPACT PLAN
- LOCATION PLAN
- OFFICE WAREHOUSE GROUD FLOOR PLAN
- ES V2 APPENDIX 6.1 PIC DATA REPORT AND MAP
- BNG BASELINE
- BNG POST DEVELOPMENT
- BNG STATUTORY METRIC HEADLINE RESULTS
- BNG STATUTORY METRIC OFF SITE HABITAT BASELINE
- BNG STATUTORY METRIC OFF SITE HABITAT CREATION
- BNG STATUTORY METRIC ON SITE HABITAT BASELINE
- BNG STATUTORY METRIC ON SITE HABITAT CREATION
- BNG STATUTORY METRIC ON SITE HEDGE BASELINE
- BNG STATUTORY METRIC TRADING SUMMARY AREA HABITATS
- BNG STATUTORY METRIC TRADING SUMMARY HEDGEROWS
- DESIGN & ACCESS STATEMENT
- CIL FORM 1
- DEMOLITION METHOD STATEMENT
- SUPERSEDED DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT_INCLUDED_IN_ADDITIONAL PLANS
- ECOLOGY REPORT
- ENERGY STRATEGY
- EXTERNAL LIGHTING DESIGN
- ARCHAEOLOGICAL DESK BASED ASSESSMENT
- SUPERSEDED FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT AND DRAINAGE STRATEGY
- HABITAT MAP
- HERITAGE APPRAISAL
- LOW EMISSION STRATEGY
- LANDSCAPE AND VISUAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- NOISE IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- PLANNING STATEMENT (JUNE 2025)
- PRELIMINARY RISK ASSESSMENT APPENDIX I HISTORICAL MAPS
- PRELIMINARY RISK ASSESSMENT APPENDIX II (ENVIROCHECK)
- PRELIMINARY RISK ASSESSMENT APPENDIX III (UXO)
- PRELIMINARY RISK ASSESSMENT REPORT 22-186.01 V3
- SCHEDULE OF APPLICATION DOCS (12TH JUNE 2025)
- HABITATS REGULATIONS ASSESSMENT
- TRANSPORT ASSESSMENT
- TRAVEL PLAN
- TREE PROTECTION PLAN
- TREE SCHEDULE
- WASTE MANAGEMENT DESIGN GUIDE TOOLKIT (JUNE 2025)
- WATER USAGE REPORT
- ES V2 APPENDIX 2.1 EIA SCOPING REPORT PAGE 1-50
- ES V2 APPENDIX 2.1 EIA SCOPING REPORT PAGE 51-100
- ES V2 APPENDIX 2.1 EIA SCOPING REPORT PAGE 101-123
- PHASE II GEO ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ASSESSMENT 22-186.02 V3 PAGE 1-50
- PHASE II GEO ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ASSESSMENT 22-186.02 V3 PAGE 51-100
- PHASE II GEO ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ASSESSMENT 22-186.02 V3 PAGE 101-175
- OFFICE WAREHOUSE GROUND FLOOR PLAN
- OFFICE WAREHOUSE FIRST FLOOR PLAN
- OFFICE WAREHOUSE SECOND FLOOR PLAN
- WAREHOUSE GROUND FLOOR PLAN
- ELEVATION 1
- ELEVATION 2
- ELEVATION 3
- ELEVATION 4
- ELEVATION 5
- ELEVATION 6
- ELEVATION 7
- ELEVATION 8
- SECTION A-A
- SECTION B-B
- SECTION C-C
- SECTION D-D
- HABITATS REGULATIONS ASSESSMENT
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