Planning application
Land North Of Cowley Road And Adjacent To The Wild Park Cambridge
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Outline planning application for the construction of a Multi-Storey Commercial Car Park (MSCCP) including pedestrian and vehicular access and a standalone amenity kiosk on land to the north of Cowley Road, adjacent to the Wild Park.
As published by the council, reference 26/00884/OUT
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00884/OUT
- Type
- Outline Application
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Granted Permission
- Received
- 5 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 6 Mar 2026
- Decided
- 2 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Milton (Detached)
- Parish
- Milton CP (DET)
- Decision by
- Joint Development Control committee
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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5 Mar 2026
Received by South Cambridgeshire
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6 Mar 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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2 Jul 2026
Decision issued: Granted Permission
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23 Jul 2026
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Who's behind it
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66 documents on file for this application
- DECISION NOTICE
- AGENT/APPLICANT PUBLIC SPEAKING LETTER
- AGENT CORRESPONDENCE - FOUL WATER
- SCDC LAND CONTAMINATION
- CAMBRIDGESHIRE FIRE & RESCUE SERVICE
- FOUL DISCHARGE INFORMATION
- ANGLIAN WATER
- ECOLOGY (UPDATED RESPONSE)
- (AMENDED) BIODIVERSITY NET GAIN ASSESSMENT
- (AMENDED) PRELIMINARY ECOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT
- 2026 HABITAT CLASSICFICATION PLAN
- 2022 HABITAT CLASSICFICATION PLAN
- 2022 PHASE 1 BNG (HABITAT DATASET)
- 2026 BNG METRIC DATASET
- EOT REQUEST
- PLANNING AGENT COVER EMAIL - BIODIVERSITY
- DEFENCE INFRASTRUCTURE ORGANISATION SAFEGUARDING TEAM
- TARMAC RESPONSE-WITHDRAWAL OF ORIGINAL OBJECTION
- UPDATED EAST WEST RAILWAY
- URBAN DESIGN
- COUNTY PLANNING, MINERALS & WASTE
- HEATONS PLANNING ENVIRONMENT DESIGN
- LOCAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY
- ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING
- EAST WEST RAILWAY COMPANY LIMITED
- AIR QUALITY
- LANDSCAPE
- ECOLOGY
- CCC TRANSPORT TEAM
- LLFA
- PARISH
- SUSTAINABILITY
- SITE NOTICE 1
- SITE NOTICE 2
- CAMBRIDGE CITY AIRPORT
- MAP OF NOTIFIED NEIGHBOURS
- WASTE - SHARED SERVICE
- J3433-STRIPE-XX-00-DR-AX-1002 REV P05
- INVALID LETTER
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER
- APPLICATION FORM - NO PERSONAL INFO
- FEE CALCULATION
- ATTACHMENT SUMMARY FROM PORTAL
- FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT AND DRAINAGE STRATEGY PART 1
- FLOOD RISK STATEMENT AND DRAINAGE STRATEGY PART 2
- VEHICLE SWEPT PATH ANALYSIS
- GROUND CONDITIONS TECHNICAL NOTE
- HIGHWAYS IMPROVEMENT
- ONE MILTON AVENUE VEHICLE SWEPT PATH ANALYSIS
- PARAMETERS PLAN
- AIR QUALITYTECHNICAL NOTE
- COVER LETTER
- TECHNICAL NOTE ACOUSTICS
- SUPPORTING TRANSPORT NOTE (FORECAST IMPACT ON HIGHWAY NETWORK)
- PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR PLAN
- GROUND FLOOR FIRE STRATEGY PLAN
- PROPOSED FIRST FLOOR PLAN
- FIRST FLOOR FIRE STRATEGY PLAN
- PROPOSED SECOND FLOOR PLAN
- SECOND FLOOR FIRE STRATEGY PLAN
- PROPOSED THIRD FLOOR PLAN
- THIRD FLOOR FIRE STRATEGY PLAN
- PARAMETER PLAN
- DESIGN ACCESS STATEMENT
- PLANNING STATEMENT
- TRANSPORT ASSESSMENT ( FINAL SUBMISSION VERSION)
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
South Cambridgeshire granted permission on 2 July 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 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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