Planning application
Emerald House Royston Road Litlington Cambridgeshire SG8 0RR
Works: Demolition
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Demolition of 2 No. existing bungalows and 2 No. agricultural storage sheds and the erection of a 3 No. new passivhauses together with landscaping, boundary treatments new road access and crossover and associated new service connections.
As published by the council, reference 26/00078/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00078/FUL
- Type
- Full Application
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Granted Permission
- Received
- 12 Jan 2026
- Validated
- 12 Jan 2026
- Decided
- 17 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Bassingbourn
- Parish
- Litlington CP
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- SG8 0RR
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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12 Jan 2026
Received by South Cambridgeshire
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23 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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17 Aug 2026
Decision issued: Granted Permission
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Michael Collins Architects Ltd. Agent, an architecture practice
8 applications on PlanIndex · across 5 councils
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See their track recordEmerald Property Partners Ltd Applicant, registered in Royston
Active · incorporated 2023 · Royston
1 application on PlanIndex
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
48 documents on file for this application
- DECISION NOTICE
- DELEGATED REPORT
- SITE AND GROUND FLOOR PLAN AS PROPOSED
- SITE AND GROUND FLOOR PLAN AS PROPOSED WITH DOWNTAKINGS
- SITE AND FIRST FLOOR PLAN AS PROPOSED
- SITE AND ROOF PLAN AS PROPOSED
- NATURAL ENGLAND
- ECOLOGY
- RECREATIONAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- ECOLOGY
- BAT EMERGENCE REPORT
- 2ND EOT
- ECOLOGY
- ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
- CLIMATE, WASTE & ENVIRONMENT
- DRAINAGE
- LOCAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY
- ARCHAEOLOGICAL OFFICER
- PARISH
- DEFINITIVE MAP TEAM
- NATURAL ENGLAND
- NATURAL ENGLAND
- HOUSING STRATEGY
- WASTE - SHARED SERVICE
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER
- MAP OF NOTIFIED NEIGHBOURS
- SITE NOTICE
- BIODIVERSITY NET GAIN CALCULATIONS
- FEE CALCULATION
- APPLICATION FORM - NO PERSONAL INFO
- ATTACHMENT SUMMARY FROM PORTAL
- LOCATION PLAN
- SITE PLAN AS EXISTING
- ELEVATIONS AS EXISTING
- DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT
- BNG STATUTORY METRIC CALCULATION RESULT SHEET
- PRELIMINARY ECOLOGICAL APPRAISAL & PRELIMINARY ROOST ASSESSMENT
- PLOT 1 ELEVATIONS (1 OF 2)
- PLOT 1 ELEVATIONS (2 OF 2)
- PLOT 1 SECTIONS
- PLOT 3 PLAN AS PROPOSED
- PLOT 3 ELEVATIONS
- PLOT 4 PLAN AS PROPOSED
- PLOT 4 ELEVATIONS
- PLOT 1 BASEMENT AND GF PLAN AS PROPOSED
- BIODIVERSITY NET GAIN ASSESSMENT
- PLOT 1 FF AND ROOF PLAN AS PROPOSED
- PLANNING STATEMENT
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
South Cambridgeshire granted permission on 17 August 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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