Planning application
Land To The West Of Cambourne Excluding Swansley Wood Farm Ermine Street Caxton Cambridgeshire
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Reserved matters application for access, appearance, landscaping, layout and scale for the approval of the Eastern Green Orchard that includes a LEAP, habitat pond, outdoor seating/learning space, orchard areas, and footpath/cycle way connections. The proposal for the allotment includes 87 full plots, 10 half plots, a parking area, space for community use, and a storage/composting toilet pursuant to ref: S/2903/14/OL.
As published by the council, reference 25/03602/REM
Application record
- Reference
- 25/03602/REM
- Type
- Approval of Reserved Matters
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted Permission
- Received
- 16 Sep 2025
- Validated
- 16 Sep 2025
- Decided
- 4 Mar 2026
- Ward
- Cambourne
- Parish
- Cambourne CP
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
Site history
Applications at this address on the South Cambridgeshire register
This site has had 13 applications since 2022: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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25/03602/COND5 Awaiting decision
Land To The West Of Cambourne Excluding Swansley Wood Farm Ermine Street Caxton Cambridgeshire
Submission of details required by condition 5 (Play Equipment) of reserved matters application 25/03602/REM
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25/03602/COND6 Awaiting decision
Land To The West Of Cambourne Excluding Swansley Wood Farm Ermine Street Caxton Cambridgeshire
Submission of details required by condition 6 (Allotment Building) of reserved matters application 25/03602/REM
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25/03602/COND9 Awaiting decision
Land To The West Of Cambourne Excluding Swansley Wood Farm Ermine Street Caxton Cambridgeshire
Submission of details required by condition 9 (Landscape Clerk of Works) of reserved matters application 25/03602/REM
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25/03602/COND11 Awaiting decision
Land To The West Of Cambourne Excluding Swansley Wood Farm Ermine Street Caxton Cambridgeshire
Submission of details required by condition 11 (Access Construction) of reserved matters application 25/03602/REM
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25/03602/COND13 Awaiting decision
Land To The West Of Cambourne Excluding Swansley Wood Farm Ermine Street Caxton Cambridgeshire
Submission of details required by condition 13 (Cycle Parking) of reserved matters application 25/03602/REM
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25/03602/COND3 Awaiting decision
Land To The West Of Cambourne Excluding Swansley Wood Farm Ermine Street Caxton Cambridgeshire
Submission of details required by condition 3 (Hard and Soft Landscaping) of reserved matters application 25/03602/REM
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25/03602/COND7 Awaiting decision
Land To The West Of Cambourne Excluding Swansley Wood Farm Ermine Street Caxton Cambridgeshire
Submission of details required by condition 7 (Boundary Treatment) of reserved matters application 25/03602/REM
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25/03602/COND4 Decided
Land To The West Of Cambourne Excluding Swansley Wood Farm Ermine Street Caxton Cambridgeshire
Submission of details required by condition 4 (Tree Pits) of reserved matters application 25/03602/REM
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25/03602/COND8 Awaiting decision
Land To The West Of Cambourne Excluding Swansley Wood Farm Ermine Street Caxton Cambridgeshire
Submission of details required by condition 8 (Landscape Maintenance and Management Plan) of reserved matters application 25/03602/REM
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25/04856/S106A Awaiting decision
Land To The West Of Cambourne Excluding Swansley Wood Farm Ermine Street Caxton Cambridgeshire
Modification of planning obligations contained in A section106 agreement dated 29 December 2017 and made between South Cambridgeshire District Council (1), Cambridgeshire County Council (2), The Parish Council of Cambourne (3), William George Topham (4), JudithPenelope Glossop Bennett Gape Pearson and Gemma Jane Gape Pearson Tucker (5), MCA Developments Limited 6), Taylor Wimpey UK Limited and Bovis Homes Limited (7) and Barclays Bank plc (8) relating to a planning permission dated 29 December 2017 with planning reference S/2903/14/OL.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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16 Sep 2025
Received by South Cambridgeshire
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4 Mar 2026
Decision issued: Granted Permission
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29 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
9 later applications on the register refer to this one:
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25/03602/COND5 Awaiting decision
Land To The West Of Cambourne Excluding Swansley Wood Farm Ermine Street Caxton Cambridgeshire
Submission of details required by condition 5 (Play Equipment) of reserved matters application 25/03602/REM
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25/03602/COND6 Awaiting decision
Land To The West Of Cambourne Excluding Swansley Wood Farm Ermine Street Caxton Cambridgeshire
Submission of details required by condition 6 (Allotment Building) of reserved matters application 25/03602/REM
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25/03602/COND9 Awaiting decision
Land To The West Of Cambourne Excluding Swansley Wood Farm Ermine Street Caxton Cambridgeshire
Submission of details required by condition 9 (Landscape Clerk of Works) of reserved matters application 25/03602/REM
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25/03602/COND11 Awaiting decision
Land To The West Of Cambourne Excluding Swansley Wood Farm Ermine Street Caxton Cambridgeshire
Submission of details required by condition 11 (Access Construction) of reserved matters application 25/03602/REM
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25/03602/COND13 Awaiting decision
Land To The West Of Cambourne Excluding Swansley Wood Farm Ermine Street Caxton Cambridgeshire
Submission of details required by condition 13 (Cycle Parking) of reserved matters application 25/03602/REM
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25/03602/COND3 Awaiting decision
Land To The West Of Cambourne Excluding Swansley Wood Farm Ermine Street Caxton Cambridgeshire
Submission of details required by condition 3 (Hard and Soft Landscaping) of reserved matters application 25/03602/REM
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25/03602/COND7 Awaiting decision
Land To The West Of Cambourne Excluding Swansley Wood Farm Ermine Street Caxton Cambridgeshire
Submission of details required by condition 7 (Boundary Treatment) of reserved matters application 25/03602/REM
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25/03602/COND4 Decided
Land To The West Of Cambourne Excluding Swansley Wood Farm Ermine Street Caxton Cambridgeshire
Submission of details required by condition 4 (Tree Pits) of reserved matters application 25/03602/REM
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25/03602/COND8 Awaiting decision
Land To The West Of Cambourne Excluding Swansley Wood Farm Ermine Street Caxton Cambridgeshire
Submission of details required by condition 8 (Landscape Maintenance and Management Plan) of reserved matters application 25/03602/REM
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
40 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
South Cambridgeshire granted permission on 4 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.
About reserved matters applications
A reserved matters application fills in the detail held back from an earlier outline permission, judged against that permission rather than the principle of development. More in our guide to planning application types.
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