Planning application
176A High Street Cottenham Cambridgeshire CB24 8RX
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Change of Use of First Floor Unit 176A from Education Use to Retail Use and removal of previously approved school sign.
As published by the council, reference 26/02280/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 26/02280/FUL
- Type
- Full Application
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Granted Permission
- Received
- 16 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 18 Jun 2026
- Decided
- 13 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Cottenham
- Parish
- Cottenham CP
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- CB24 8RX
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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16 Jun 2026
Received by South Cambridgeshire
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18 Jun 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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23 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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13 Aug 2026
Decision issued: Granted Permission
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Tibbett Architectural Services Agent, an architecture practice
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
15 documents on file for this application
- DECISION NOTICE
- DELEGATED REPORT
- PARISH
- ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING
- LOCAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY
- CONSERVATION
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER
- MAP OF NOTIFIED NEIGHBOURS
- INVALID LETTER
- HERITAGE STATEMENT
- FEE CALCULATION
- APPLICATION FORM - NO PERSONAL INFO
- ATTACHMENT SUMMARY FROM PORTAL
- PLANS AND ELEVATIONS AS PROPOSED
- LOCATION PLAN
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
South Cambridgeshire granted permission on 13 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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