Planning application
FORMER Papworth Everard Fire Station Elm Way Papworth Everard Cambridgeshire CB23 3RH
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Change of use from fire station to convenience store including new fencing and gates.
As published by the council, reference 25/03843/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 25/03843/FUL
- Type
- Full Application
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 1 Oct 2025
- Validated
- 11 Nov 2025
- Ward
- Caxton & Papworth
- Parish
- Papworth Everard CP
- Postcode
- CB23 3RH
Site history
Applications at this address on the South Cambridgeshire register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025.
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25/03847/ADV Awaiting decision
FORMER Papworth Everard Fire Station Elm Way Papworth Everard Cambridgeshire CB23 3RH
Installation of 1 No. illuminated Fascia signs.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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1 Oct 2025
Received by South Cambridgeshire
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11 Nov 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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29 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 6 January 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 56 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
- Appeal: 26/00037/NONDET (Appeal In Progress)
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
51 documents on file for this application
- APPELLANT'S FINAL COMMENTS
- APPEAL 3RD PARTY COMMENTS
- APPEAL 3RD PARTY COMMENTS
- APPEAL QUESTIONNAIRE
- APPEAL START LETTER
- APPEAL FORM
- APPEAL COST APPLICATION
- ENCLOSURE 1
- ENCLOSURE 2
- ENCLOSURE 3
- ENCLOSURE 4
- ENCLOSURE 5
- ENCLOSURE 6
- ENCLOSURE 7
- ENCLOSURE 8
- ENCLOSURE 9
- ENCLOSURE 10
- ENCLOSURE 11
- ENCLOSURE 12
- APPEAL DOCS LIST
- APPELLANT STATEMENT OF CASE
- EXTENSION OF TIME AGREEMENT
- EXTENSION OF TIME AGREEMENT
- BNE - CONSERVATION
- IMAGE005
- REPLY TO PLANNING 1
- SITE PLAN
- FIRE TOWER AND OVERGROWN VEGETATION
- EXISTING PLANS AND ELEVATIONS
- PROPOSED PLANS AND ELEVATIONS
- FILE COPY OF AMENDMENT LETTER
- BNE - CONSERVATION
- LOCAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY
- ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
- ECOLOGY
- DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER
- MAP OF NOTIFIED NEIGHBOURS
- SITE NOTICE
- INVALID CHASE
- REVISED LOCATION PLAN
- PROPOSED ELEVATIONS SHOWING SECURITY MESH WIRE FENCING AND GATES
- EXISTING PLANS AND ELEVATIONS
- PROPOSED PLANS AND ELEVATIONS
- INVALID LETTER
- APPLICATION FORM
- INVALID REPLY COVERING E MAIL
- COVER EMAIL
- EXTERNAL LIGHTING
- PLANNING OWNER CERTIFICATE
- AERIAL VIEW PHOTO
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with South Cambridgeshire for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year South Cambridgeshire decided full applications in a median of 143 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
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