Planning application
Land East Of Highfields Road Highfields Caldecote Caldecote Cambridgeshire
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
S73 to vary condition 20 (Scheme for the design and materials to be used for access and public rights of way) of planning permission 23/03096/S73 (S73 to vary condition 18 (Scheme for a shared use footway/cycleway along the western side of Highfields Road) of planning permission S/3777/19/VC (Variation of condition 23 (water drainage scheme) of planning permission S/2510/15/OL for Outline planning permission for up to 140 residential dwellings (including up to 40% affordable housing) removal of existing temporary agricultural structures and debris introduction of structural planting and landscaping informal public open space and children's play area community orchard and allotments surface water flood mitigation and attenuation vehicular access points from Highfields Road and associated ancillary works. All matters to be reserved with the exception of the main site access) to remove requirement for further details to be submitted for approval and amend trigger for implementation) to vary the wording of the condition so that the recreational route that will be delivered is a circular footpath.
As published by the council, reference 25/03050/S73
Application record
- Reference
- 25/03050/S73
- Type
- Section 73 - Remove/Vary Condition
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted Permission
- Received
- 4 Aug 2025
- Validated
- 4 Aug 2025
- Decided
- 18 Dec 2025
- Ward
- Caldecote
- Parish
- Caldecote CP
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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4 Aug 2025
Received by South Cambridgeshire
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18 Dec 2025
Decision issued: Granted Permission
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29 Aug 2026
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An amendment application changes a permission that already exists. Non-material amendments cover small adjustments with no wider effect, while minor material amendments, usually made by varying a condition, allow modest design changes without a fresh application. Anything beyond that needs a new permission, so the scope here is deliberately narrow.
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