Planning application
19 Church Street Steeple Morden Cambridgeshire SG8 0NJ
Works: New dwelling
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
A hybrid planning application for full planning permission for access road and new pub car park and outline planning permission for erection of 3 self-build dwellings with all matters reserved except access.
As published by the council, reference 25/04084/OUT
Application record
- Reference
- 25/04084/OUT
- Type
- Outline Application
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Refused As published: Refused Permission
- Received
- 21 Oct 2025
- Validated
- 21 Nov 2025
- Decided
- 6 Mar 2026
- Ward
- The Mordens
- Parish
- Steeple Morden CP
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- SG8 0NJ
Timeline
Dates from the published record
-
21 Oct 2025
Received by South Cambridgeshire
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21 Nov 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
-
6 Mar 2026
Decision issued: Refused Permission
-
29 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
- Appeal: 26/00032/REFUSL (Appeal In Progress)
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Barker Parry Town Planning Ltd Agent, a planning consultancy registered in Hitchin
Active · incorporated 2004 · Hitchin
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69 documents on file for this application
- APPELLANTS COMMENTS ON NEW NPPF
- APPELLANT FINAL COMMENTS
- UNILATERAL UNDERTAKING
- LPA'S STATEMENT OF CASE
- LPA'S STATEMENT OF CASE - APPENDIX 1
- LPA'S STATEMENT OF CASE - APPENDIX 2
- LPA'S STATEMENT OF CASE - APPENDIX 3
- LPA'S STATEMENT OF CASE - APPENDIX 4
- LPA'S STATEMENT OF CASE - APPENDIX 5
- LPA'S STATEMENT OF CASE - APPENDIX 6
- LPA'S STATEMENT OF CASE - APPENDIX 7
- LPA'S STATEMENT OF CASE - APPENDIX 9
- LPA'S STATEMENT OF CASE - APPENDIX 10
- APPEAL QUESTIONNAIRE
- APPEAL NEIGHBOUR NOTIFICATION LETTER
- APPEAL NEIGHBOUR NOTIFICATION LIST
- START LETTER
- APPEAL FORM
- APPEAL FORM
- STATEMENT OF CASE
- DRAFT STATEMENT OF COMMON GROUND
- APPEAL DOCUMENT LIST
- DECISION NOTICE
- OFFICER REPORT
- TREES
- DRAINAGE
- ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
- ECOLOGY
- CONSERVATION
- VEHICLE SWEPT PATH ANALYSIS
- AGENT EMAIL RESPONSE
- PARISH COUNCIL COMMENTS
- SITE NOTICE
- WASTE - SHARED SERVICE
- SUSTAINABILITY
- LOCATION PLAN
- APPLICATION FORM
- EXISTING SITE PLAN
- FILE COPY OF AMENDMENT LETTER
- LOCAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY
- PARISH COUNCIL COMMENTS
- ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
- ECOLOGY
- LOCAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY
- BNE - CONSERVATION
- TREES
- DRAINAGE
- SUSTAINABILITY
- WASTE - SHARED SERVICE
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER
- MAP OF NOTIFIED NEIGHBOURS
- SITE NOTICE
- SITE NOTICE
- BIODIVERSITY NET GAIN REPORT - LAND REAR OF 19, CHURCH STREET, STEEPLE MORDEN - OCT 25
- ECOLOGICAL APPRAISAL - LAND REAR OF 19, CHURCH STREET, STEEPLE MORDEN - OCT 25
- BNG METRIC CALCULATION
- INVALID CHASE
- INVALID LETTER
- APPLICATION FORM - NO PERSONAL INFO
- FEE CALCULATION
- ATTACHMENT SUMMARY FROM PORTAL
- ILLUSTRATIVE MASTERPLAN
- HERITAGE IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- PROPOSED SITE PLAN
- TRANSPORT NOTE
- PLANNING, DESIGN & ACCESS STATEMENT
- LOCATION PLAN
- ARBORICULTURAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- TOPOGRAPHICAL SURVEY
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Open the documentsWhat this refusal means
South Cambridgeshire refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About outline applications
An outline application tests the principle of developing a site, holding back details such as appearance and landscaping as reserved matters for later approval. More in our guide to planning application types.
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