Planning application
234 - 238 High Street Cottenham Cambridgeshire CB24 8RZ
Works: New dwelling Domestic
Read from the description, not a valuation. How we read the register
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Conversion of existing two-storey terraced building to provide 1no commercial unit, 1no two storey dwelling and 2no first floor apartments. Conversion of existing brick barn to 1no detached dwelling and erection of 1no two storey dwelling to the rear along with associated landscaping and car parking.
As published by the council, reference 25/03501/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 25/03501/FUL
- Type
- Full Application
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Granted Permission
- Received
- 8 Sep 2025
- Validated
- 7 Oct 2025
- Decided
- 24 Mar 2026
- Ward
- Cottenham
- Parish
- Cottenham CP
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- CB24 8RZ
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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8 Sep 2025
Received by South Cambridgeshire
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7 Oct 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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24 Mar 2026
Decision issued: Granted Permission
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29 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Mole Architects Ltd Agent, an architecture practice registered in Ely
Active · incorporated 2002 · Ely
20 applications on PlanIndex · across 4 councils · 94% granted
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45 documents on file for this application
- DECISION NOTICE
- DELEGATED REPORT
- DRAINAGE
- FILE COPY OF AMENDMENT LETTER
- REVISED BELOW GROUND DRAINAGE STRATEGY REV C
- EMAIL WITH ADDITIONAL AGENT EMAIL
- ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
- CONSERVATION
- PARISH
- PARISH
- LOCAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY
- DRAINAGE
- ECOLOGY
- TREES
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER
- MAP OF NOTIFIED NEIGHBOURS
- SITE NOTICE
- PROPOSED COTTENHAM SITE ELEVATIONS
- INVALID LETTER
- APPLICATION FORM - NO PERSONAL INFO
- FEE CALCULATION
- ATTACHMENT SUMMARY FROM PORTAL
- EXISTING ELEVATIONS
- EXISTING A- AND B-B SECTIONS
- EXISTING FLOOR PLANS
- PROPOSED ROOF PLAN
- PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR PLAN
- EXISTING SECTIONS C-C AND D-D
- PROPOSED FIRST FLOOR PLAN
- DRAWING ISSUE SHEET
- DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT
- PROPOSED A-A AND B-B SECTIONS
- VEHICLE TRACKING FIRE
- VEHICLE TRACKING REFUSE
- EXISTING LOCATION AND SITE PLAN
- PROPOSED C-C AND D-D SECTIONS
- ARB. IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- PLANNING STATEMENT
- VEHICLE TRACKING SDV
- BAT EMERGENCE SURVEY
- PEA AND PRA
- COMMERCIAL SPACE DEMAND AND AVAILABILITY REPORT
- CAMBRIDGE BUILDING SOCIETY IMPACT REVIEW
- BELOW GROUND DRAINAGE STRATEGY PAGE 1-50
- BELOW GROUND DRAINAGE STRATEGY PAGE 51-118
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
South Cambridgeshire granted permission on 24 March 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
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