Planning application
Rectory Farm Whittlesford Road Little Shelford Cambridgeshire CB22 5EU
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Change of use and conversion of an existing agricultural building to 4no. dwellinghouses (Class C3) (and for building operations necessary for the conversion).
As published by the council, reference 26/01914/PRIOR
Application record
- Reference
- 26/01914/PRIOR
- Type
- Prior Approval
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Prior Approval Given
- Received
- 20 May 2026
- Validated
- 20 May 2026
- Decided
- 15 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Shelford
- Parish
- Little Shelford CP
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- CB22 5EU
Timeline
Dates from the published record
-
20 May 2026
Received by South Cambridgeshire
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15 Jul 2026
Decision issued: Prior Approval Given
-
23 Jul 2026
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Bidwells LLP Agent, registered in Cambridge
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29 documents on file for this application
- DELEGATED REPORT
- DECISION NOTICE
- ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING
- ECOLOGY
- ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING
- DRAINAGE
- DEFINITIVE MAP TEAM
- LOCAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER
- SITE NOTICE
- APPLICATION FORM - NO PERSONAL INFO
- FEE CALCULATION
- ATTACHMENT SUMMARY FROM PORTAL
- TIER 1 CONTAMINATION ASSESSMENT
- SITE LOCATION AND BLOCK PLAN
- EXISTING SITE ROOF PLAN
- EXISTING PLANS ELEVATIONS
- EXISTING PROPOSED SECTIONS
- PROPOSED SITE PLAN
- PROPOSED PLANS ELEVATIONS AND DIMENSIONS
- PROPOSED PLANS ELEVATIONS
- GRAIN BARN STRUCTURAL SURVEY REPORT
- PROPOSED SITE ROOF PLAN
- CLASS Q RESUBMISSION COVERING LETTER
- FARM PLAN
- PROPOSED ELEVATIONS
- FURTHER BAT AND BARN OWL SURVEY REPORT
- PRELIMINARY ECOLOGICAL APPRAISAL
- TRANSPORT STATEMENT
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
South Cambridgeshire granted permission on 15 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 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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