Planning application
37 - 39 High Street Sawston Cambridgeshire CB22 3BG
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Conversion of existing first floor space into two separate dwellings.
As published by the council, reference 26/01478/PRIOR
Application record
- Reference
- 26/01478/PRIOR
- Type
- Prior Approval
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Prior Approval Given
- Received
- 17 Apr 2026
- Validated
- 17 Apr 2026
- Decided
- 10 Jun 2026
- Ward
- Sawston
- Parish
- Sawston CP
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- CB22 3BG
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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17 Apr 2026
Received by South Cambridgeshire
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10 Jun 2026
Decision issued: Prior Approval Given
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23 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Mole Architects Ltd Agent, an architecture practice registered in Ely
Active · incorporated 2002 · Ely
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
25 documents on file for this application
- DELEGATION REPORT
- DECISION NOTICE
- REVISED FLOOR PLANS
- ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING
- PARISH
- ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
- DRAINAGE
- LOCAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER
- MAP OF NOTIFIED NEIGHBOURS
- SITE NOTICE
- FEE CALCULATION
- APPLICATION FORM - NO PERSONAL INFO
- ATTACHMENT SUMMARY FROM PORTAL
- EXISTING LOCATION AND BLOCK PLAN
- EXISTING FLOOR PLANS
- DRAWING ISSUE SHEET
- EXISTING SECTIONS
- PROPOSED ELEVATIONS
- PROPOSED ROOF PLAN
- DAYLIGHT AND SUNLIGHT REPORT
- FLOOD RISK AND DRAINAGE ASSESSMENT
- PROPOSED SECTION
- EXISTING ELEVATIONS
- PROPOSED SITE PLAN
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
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.
About prior approval applications
Prior approval applies where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, leaving the council only the specific matters the rules name, commonly within 56 days. More in our guide to planning application types.
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