Planning application
Former Comfort Cafe Fourwentways Newmarket Road Little Abington Cambridgeshire CB21 6AP
Works: Demolition
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Demolition of existing buildings/hardstanding and erection of commercial building (use classes E(g)(ii), E(g)(iii), B2 and B8 to be applied flexibly) with associated substation, access, parking, landscaping and associated infrastructure works.
As published by the council, reference 25/04728/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 25/04728/FUL
- Type
- Full Application
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Granted Permission
- Received
- 5 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 5 Dec 2025
- Decided
- 10 Jun 2026
- Ward
- Linton
- Parish
- Abington CP
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- CB21 6AP
Site history
Applications at this address on the South Cambridgeshire register
This site has had 14 applications since 2025: 8 approved, 1 refused.
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25/04728/CONDJ Awaiting decision
Former Comfort Cafe Fourwentways Newmarket Road Little Abington Cambridgeshire CB21 6AP
Submission of details required by condition 31 (surface water run-off) of planning permission 25/04728/FUL
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25/04728/CONDL Awaiting decision
Former Comfort Cafe Fourwentways Newmarket Road Little Abington Cambridgeshire CB21 6AP
Submission of details required by condition 23 (construction ecological management plan (CEcMP) of planning permission 25/04728/FUL
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25/04728/CONDK Awaiting decision
Former Comfort Cafe Fourwentways Newmarket Road Little Abington Cambridgeshire CB21 6AP
Submission of details required by conditions 21 (ecological enhancement scheme) and 35 (biodiversity net gain plan) of planning permission 25/04728/FUL
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25/04728/CONDI Awaiting decision
Former Comfort Cafe Fourwentways Newmarket Road Little Abington Cambridgeshire CB21 6AP
Submission of details required by conditions 15 (construction traffic management plan (CTMP) and 28 (airborne dust) of planning permission 25/04728/FUL
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25/04728/CONDG Awaiting decision
Former Comfort Cafe Fourwentways Newmarket Road Little Abington Cambridgeshire CB21 6AP
Submission of details required by condition 5 (ditch infilling) of planning permission 25/04728/FUL
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25/04728/CONDE Granted
Former Comfort Cafe Fourwentways Newmarket Road Little Abington Cambridgeshire CB21 6AP
Submission of details required by condition 30 (surface water drainage scheme) of planning permission 25/04728/FUL
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25/04728/CONDF Granted
Former Comfort Cafe Fourwentways Newmarket Road Little Abington Cambridgeshire CB21 6AP
Submission of details required by condition 17 (access arrangements) of planning permission 25/04728/FUL
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25/04728/CONDH Granted
Former Comfort Cafe Fourwentways Newmarket Road Little Abington Cambridgeshire CB21 6AP
Submission of details required by condition 3 (written scheme of investigation (WSI)) of planning permission 25/04728/FUL
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25/04728/CONDC Granted
Former Comfort Cafe Fourwentways Newmarket Road Little Abington Cambridgeshire CB21 6AP
Submision of details required by condition 8 (foundation design) of planning permission 25/04728/FUL
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25/04728/CONDD Refused
Former Comfort Cafe Fourwentways Newmarket Road Little Abington Cambridgeshire CB21 6AP
Submission of details required by condition 9 (details of the external materials) of planning permission 25/04728/FUL
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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5 Dec 2025
Received by South Cambridgeshire
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10 Jun 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
13 later applications on the register refer to this one:
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25/04728/CONDI Awaiting decision
Former Comfort Cafe Fourwentways Newmarket Road Little Abington Cambridgeshire CB21 6AP
Submission of details required by conditions 15 (construction traffic management plan (CTMP) and 28 (airborne dust) of planning permission 25/04728/FUL
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25/04728/CONDJ Awaiting decision
Former Comfort Cafe Fourwentways Newmarket Road Little Abington Cambridgeshire CB21 6AP
Submission of details required by condition 31 (surface water run-off) of planning permission 25/04728/FUL
-
25/04728/CONDL Awaiting decision
Former Comfort Cafe Fourwentways Newmarket Road Little Abington Cambridgeshire CB21 6AP
Submission of details required by condition 23 (construction ecological management plan (CEcMP) of planning permission 25/04728/FUL
-
25/04728/CONDK Awaiting decision
Former Comfort Cafe Fourwentways Newmarket Road Little Abington Cambridgeshire CB21 6AP
Submission of details required by conditions 21 (ecological enhancement scheme) and 35 (biodiversity net gain plan) of planning permission 25/04728/FUL
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25/04728/CONDG Awaiting decision
Former Comfort Cafe Fourwentways Newmarket Road Little Abington Cambridgeshire CB21 6AP
Submission of details required by condition 5 (ditch infilling) of planning permission 25/04728/FUL
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25/04728/CONDE Granted
Former Comfort Cafe Fourwentways Newmarket Road Little Abington Cambridgeshire CB21 6AP
Submission of details required by condition 30 (surface water drainage scheme) of planning permission 25/04728/FUL
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25/04728/CONDF Granted
Former Comfort Cafe Fourwentways Newmarket Road Little Abington Cambridgeshire CB21 6AP
Submission of details required by condition 17 (access arrangements) of planning permission 25/04728/FUL
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25/04728/CONDH Granted
Former Comfort Cafe Fourwentways Newmarket Road Little Abington Cambridgeshire CB21 6AP
Submission of details required by condition 3 (written scheme of investigation (WSI)) of planning permission 25/04728/FUL
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25/04728/CONDC Granted
Former Comfort Cafe Fourwentways Newmarket Road Little Abington Cambridgeshire CB21 6AP
Submision of details required by condition 8 (foundation design) of planning permission 25/04728/FUL
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25/04728/CONDD Refused
Former Comfort Cafe Fourwentways Newmarket Road Little Abington Cambridgeshire CB21 6AP
Submission of details required by condition 9 (details of the external materials) of planning permission 25/04728/FUL
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25/04728/NMA1 Granted
Former Comfort Cafe Fourwentways Newmarket Road Little Abington Cambridgeshire CB21 6AP
Non material amendment on application 25/04728/FUL to add a second sub-station in close proximity to the original sub-station.
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25/04728/CONDA Granted
Former Comfort Cafe Fourwentways Newmarket Road Little Abington Cambridgeshire CB21 6AP
Submission of details required by condition 32 (contamination) of planning permission 25/04728/FUL
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25/04728/CONDB Granted
Former Comfort Cafe Fourwentways Newmarket Road Little Abington Cambridgeshire CB21 6AP
Submission of details required by condition 6 (aboricultural method statement (AMS) and tree protection plan (TPP)) of planning permission 25/04728/FUL
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Twenty5 Planning Ltd Agent, a planning consultancy registered in Cambridge
Active · incorporated 2025 · Cambridge
51 applications on PlanIndex · across 18 councils · 94% granted
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See their track recordREALIS CAMBRIDGE PROPCO LTD Applicant, registered in London
Active · incorporated 2025 · London
1 application on PlanIndex
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
115 documents on file for this application
- DECISION NOTICE
- DELEGATION REPORT
- LLFA
- PLACE SERVICES - TREES
- LANDSCAPE
- LANDSCAPE OFFICER COMMENTS (FINAL)
- TECHNICAL RESPONSE TO LLFA
- LANDSCAPE
- LANDSCAPE
- ECOLOGY
- LOCAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY
- LOCAL LEAD FLOOD AUTHORITY
- VISIBILITY SPLAY DRAWING
- TS & AIA
- TREE SURVEY & ARBORICULTURAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- BNG ASSESSMENT
- AMENDED PROPOSED SITE PLAN
- AMENDED GA PLAN - GF
- VEHICLE TRACKING PLANS
- VEHICLE TRACKING PLANS
- VEHICLE TRACKING PLANS
- VEHICLE TRACKING PLANS
- VEHICLE TRACKING PLANS
- VEHICLE TRACKING PLANS
- VEHICLE TRACKING PLANS
- VEHICLE TRACKING PLANS
- VEHICLE TRACKING PLANS
- AMENDED LANDSCAPE GA PLAN
- PROPOSED PLANTING SCHEDULE
- TOPOGRAPHICAL SURVEY
- EOT REQUEST
- TREES
- TREES
- EOT REQUEST
- LANDSCAPE
- LOCAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY
- TREES
- ECOLOGY
- LLFA
- EOT REQUEST
- BNG METRIC
- DAS PART 1
- DAS PART 2
- DAS PART 3
- DRAINAGE STRATEGY OPTION 1
- SUSTAINABLE DRAINAGE REPORT (PART 1)
- SUSTAINABLE DRAINAGE REPORT (PART 2)
- SUSTAINABLE DRAINAGE REPORT (PART 3)
- RESPONSE TO LLFA
- COVER LETTER
- AMENDED CORE PLAN-GF
- AMENDED NORTH WEST ELEVATIONS SHEET 1
- AMENDED SOUTH EAST ELEVATIONS SHEET 2
- AMENDED PROPOSED SITE SECTIONS
- URBAN DESIGN
- BNE - CONSERVATION
- LANDSCAPE
- HERITAGE STATEMENT
- ARCHAEOLOGY COMMENTS
- ANGLIAN WATER REPORT
- PLACE SERVICES
- TRANSPORT ASSESSMENT TEAM COMMENTS
- LOCAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY
- SUSTAINABILITY
- BNE - CONSERVATION
- CLIMATE, WASTE & ENVIRONMENT
- ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
- NATIONAL HIGHWAYS
- LOCAL LEAD FLOOD AUTHORITY COMMENTS
- ECOLOGY
- CLIMATE, WASTE & ENVIRONMENT
- CAMBRIDGE WATER
- CAMBRIDGE WATER
- WASTE - SHARED SERVICE
- ARCHAEOLOGICAL OFFICER
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER
- MAP OF NOTIFIED NEIGHBOURS
- SITE NOTICE
- APPLICATION FORM - NO PERSONAL INFO
- FEE CALCULATION
- ATTACHMENT SUMMARY FROM PORTAL
- TRANSPORT STATEMENT
- TRAVEL PLAN
- BREEAM PRE-ASSESSMENT
- HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- TECHNICAL NOTE - ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HERITAGE CONSTRAINTS
- FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT PART 1
- FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT PART 2
- AIR QUALITY ASSESSMENT
- DESK BASED GEOENVIRONMENTAL AND GEOTECHNICAL SITE ASSESSMENT PART 1
- DESK BASED GEOENVIRONMENTAL AND GEOTECHNICAL SITE ASSESSMENT PART 2
- INTRUSIVE GEOENVIRONMENTAL AND GEOTECHNICAL SITE ASSESSMENT
- ENERGY AND SUSTAINABILITY STATEMENT
- EXTERNAL LIGHTING ASSESSMENT
- UTILITY STRATEGY REPORT
- LANDSCAPE AND VISUAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- OPERATIONAL WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN
- ECOLOGICAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- OPERATIONAL NOISE IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- COVER LETTER
- SUSTAINABLE DRAINAGE REPORT
- STATEMENT OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
- TYPICAL SECURITY BOUNDARY FENCES
- LOCATION PLAN
- EXISTING SITE PLAN
- EXISTING ELEVATIONS
- DEMOLITION PLAN
- GA PLAN - 1F
- CORE PLAN - 1F
- GA PLAN - RF
- DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT PART 1
- DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT PART 2
- PLANNING STATEMENT
- STAGE 3 FIRE STRATEGY REPORT
- BIODIVERSITY NET GAIN CALCULATIONS
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South Cambridgeshire granted permission on 10 June 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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