Land South Of South Cambridge Business Park Babraham Road Sawston Cambridgeshire

This site has had 3 applications since 2024: 2 approved, 0 refused.

• 25/02522/S73 Granted

  Land South Of South Cambridge Business Park Babraham Road Sawston Cambridgeshire

  S73 to vary condition 1 (approved drawings) and condition 2 (linking condition) of 22/04685/S73 (S73 Variation of condition 2 (Approved plans) of planning permission 21/03955/FUL (Erection of 280 dwellings, including 72 affordable dwellings, two new vehicular accesses from Babraham Road, pedestrian and cycle access, publicly accessible open space, a Local Area of Play (LAP) and a Local Equipped Area of Play (LEAP), landscaping and earthworks and surface water drainage, associated amenity space and attenuation features and internal infrastructure) to relocate the pump station and substation) to amend house types at plots 54 to 73 and 94 to 134, affecting 61 plots in total, and associated layout and landscape alterations, and to remove reference to conditions 13 (garage details), 17 (hard and soft landscaping) and 26 (obscure glazing) in condition 2 of 22/04685/S73.

  Decided 22 Oct 2025 Amendments
• 22/04685/NMA1 Granted

  Land South Of South Cambridge Business Park Babraham Road Sawston Cambridgeshire

  Non material amendment of planning permission 22/04685/S73 to amend the roof design from gabled to hipped on plots 72-72

  Decided 8 Oct 2024 Amendments

1. 3 Feb 2026

   Received by South Cambridgeshire

2. 23 Jul 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

3. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 31 March 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 60 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

• 25/02522/S73 Granted

  Land South Of South Cambridge Business Park Babraham Road Sawston Cambridgeshire

  S73 to vary condition 1 (approved drawings) and condition 2 (linking condition) of 22/04685/S73 (S73 Variation of condition 2 (Approved plans) of planning permission 21/03955/FUL (Erection of 280 dwellings, including 72 affordable dwellings, two new vehicular accesses from Babraham Road, pedestrian and cycle access, publicly accessible open space, a Local Area of Play (LAP) and a Local Equipped Area of Play (LEAP), landscaping and earthworks and surface water drainage, associated amenity space and attenuation features and internal infrastructure) to relocate the pump station and substation) to amend house types at plots 54 to 73 and 94 to 134, affecting 61 plots in total, and associated layout and landscape alterations, and to remove reference to conditions 13 (garage details), 17 (hard and soft landscaping) and 26 (obscure glazing) in condition 2 of 22/04685/S73.

  Decided 22 Oct 2025 Amendments

This application is with South Cambridgeshire for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year South Cambridgeshire decided amendment applications in a median of 56 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

An amendment application makes limited changes to a permission that already exists; anything beyond modest adjustment needs a fresh application. More in our guide to planning application types.

• Land South Of South Cambridge Business Park Babraham Road Sawston Cambridgeshire

  25/02522/S73 Submitted 26 Jun 2025 50 yards away

  S73 to vary condition 1 (approved drawings) and condition 2 (linking condition) of 22/04685/S73 (S73 Variation of condition 2 (Approved plans) of planning permission 21/03955/FUL (Erection of 280 dwellings, including 72 affordable dwellings, two new vehicular accesses from Babraham Road, pedestrian and cycle access, publicly accessible open space, a Local Area of Play (LAP) and a Local Equipped Area of Play (LEAP), landscaping and earthworks and surface water drainage, associated amenity space and attenuation features and internal infrastructure) to relocate the pump station and substation) to amend house types at plots 54 to 73 and 94 to 134, affecting 61 plots in total, and associated layout and landscape alterations, and to remove reference to conditions 13 (garage details), 17 (hard and soft landscaping) and 26 (obscure glazing) in condition 2 of 22/04685/S73.

  Granted Amendments Windows or glazing 75 docs
  Major scheme

• Land South Of South Cambridge Business Park Babraham Road Sawston Cambridge South Cambridgeshire

  22/04685/CONDA Submitted 19 Apr 2023 50 yards away

  Submission of details required by conditons 3 (construction environment management plan), 5 (lighting design strategy), 8 (surface water drainage), 10 (traffic management plan) and 19 (future management and maintenance of streets) of planning permission 21/03955/FUL

  Granted Conditions 52 docs

• South Cambridge Business Park, Land South Of Babraham Road Sawston Cambridgeshire CB22 3FE

  21/03955/NMA4 Submitted 16 Dec 2022 50 yards away

  Non material amendment on application 21/03955/FUL to update the Dart, Dart M 4(2) and Tweed housetypes to the latest range.

  Refused Amendments 11 docs

• Land South Of South Cambridge Business Park Babraham Road Sawston Cambridgeshire

  22/04685/NMA1 Submitted 9 Aug 2024 50 yards away

  Non material amendment of planning permission 22/04685/S73 to amend the roof design from gabled to hipped on plots 72-72

  Granted Amendments 7 docs

• 58 Stanley Webb Close Sawston CB22 3FE

  20/04852/HFUL Submitted 24 Nov 2020 50 yards away

  Two storey side extension

  Granted Householder Extension 13 docs
  Domestic

• Land South Of Babraham Road Sawston Cambridge South Cambridgeshire

  21/03955/CONDA Submitted 8 Sep 2022 100 yards away

  Submission of details required by conditions 3 (CEMP), 4 (CEcMP), 5 (lighting design for biodiversity), 6 (Farmland Bird Mitigation Strategy), 7 (Arboricultural Method Statement), 8 (Surface Water Drainage), 9 (Surface Water Drainage (Construction)), 10 (TMP), 11(Highway Condition Survey), 13 (Garages), 14 ( Landscape and Ecological Management Plan (LEMP)), 15 (Foul Water Drainage), 16 (Materials), 17(Landscape Details), 18 (Sustainable Show Homes), 19 (Future Street Management), and 20 (Fire Hydrants ) of planning permission 21/03955/FUL

  Split decision Conditions 147 docs

• 24/00788/NMA1 Granted

  26B Church Lane Papworth Everard Cambridgeshire CB23 3QN

  Non material amendment on application 24/00788/S73 for minor alterations to drainage scheme

  Received 17 Aug, published by the council 27 Aug 2026 Amendments
• 20/03523/NMA2 Granted

  Land In The North West Part Of St Johns Innovation Park Cowley Road Milton Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 0ZT

  Non Material Amendment of planning permission 20/03523/FUL Amendments to transport hub external stair arrangement, accessible ramp and gym elevations, details of location of southern access road lighting columns, and amendment to the southern access of St Johns Innovation Park and Cowley Road.

  Received 11 Aug, published by the council 14 Aug 2026 Amendments
• S/3182/19/NMA4 Awaiting decision

  Site Adjacent Pond At Potton End St Neots Eltisley PE19 6TH

  Non-material amendment on application S/3182/19/FL to amend the condition trigger of Condition 20 (Archaeology) in relation to Plots 1-9

  Received 10 Sep, published by the council 12 Sep 2026 Amendments
• 25/04725/NMA1 Awaiting decision

  10 Cow Lane Fulbourn Cambridgeshire CB21 5HB

  Non material amendment on application 25/04725/HFUL for Change of external materials, Retention of existing window to rear elevation and Introduction of box gutter to boundary line with No 14

  Received 7 Sep, published by the council 9 Sep 2026 Amendments
• 26/03425/S73 Awaiting decision

  Greenaway 54 High Street Little Abington Cambridgeshire CB21 6BG

  S73 to vary condtions 2 (approved drawings and 3 (materials) of planning permission 26/02067/HFUL (Part single storey and part two storey front extension. Alterations to fenestration. Installation of bay window on side elevation, roof lantern, rooflights on the front and side elevation and chimney) for addition of a balcony, extension of the roof over the balcony, revised internal layouts, revised fenestration arrangement, change in window material, minor alterations to wall heights and minor changes to external building footprint.

  Received 7 Sep, published by the council 18 Sep 2026 Amendments