Planning application
Queen Marys Nurses Home 31 Church Lane Papworth Everard CB23 3QN
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Change of use to education use (Class F1) and associated external alterations to building, provision of a multi-use games area, works to vehicular access, new timber canopy, new boundary treatments, new landscaping and associated works
As published by the council, reference 26/02287/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 26/02287/FUL
- Type
- Full Application
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Granted Permission
- Received
- 17 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 17 Jun 2026
- Decided
- 2 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Caxton & Papworth
- Parish
- Papworth Everard CP
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- CB23 3QN
Site history
Applications at this address on the South Cambridgeshire register
This site has had 2 applications since 2026: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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26/02287/CONDA Awaiting decision
Queen Marys Nurses Home 31 Church Lane Papworth Everard CB23 3QN
Submission of details required by condition 5 (Ecological Enhancement Scheme) of planning permission 26/02287/FUL.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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17 Jun 2026
Received by South Cambridgeshire
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23 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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2 Sep 2026
Decision issued: Granted Permission
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
1 later application on the register refers to this one:
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26/02287/CONDA Awaiting decision
Queen Marys Nurses Home 31 Church Lane Papworth Everard CB23 3QN
Submission of details required by condition 5 (Ecological Enhancement Scheme) of planning permission 26/02287/FUL.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
52 documents on file for this application
- DELEGATED REPORT
- DECISION NOTICE
- CONDITION AGREEMENT
- CONDITION AGREEMENT
- LOCAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY
- ECOLOGY
- CONSERVATION
- AGENT AMENDMENT EMAIL
- BAT EMERGENCE SURVEY
- HIGHWAYS RESPONSE NOTE
- EXISTING AND PROPOSED DRAINAGE PLAN
- PROPOSED SITE PLAN
- PROPOSED TRAFFIC ROUES
- EOT REQUEST
- PLACE SERVICES - TREES
- ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING
- ECOLOGY
- LOCAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY
- DRAINAGE
- BNE - CONSERVATION
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER
- MAP OF NOTIFIED NEIGHBOURS
- SITE NOTICE
- FEE CALCULATION
- APPLICATION FORM - NO PERSONAL INFO
- ATTACHMENT SUMMARY FROM PORTAL
- COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE LEVY
- DRAWING SCHEDULE
- PLANNING HERITAGE STATEMENT
- DRAINAGE STRATEGY
- TRANSPORT STATEMENT
- COVER LETTER
- TRAVEL PLAN
- TREE CONSTRAINTS PLAN
- TOPOGRAPHICAL SURVEY
- ARBORICULTURAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- ARBORICULTURAL METHOD STATEMENT
- TREE PROTECTION PLAN
- CYCLE SHELTER DETAILS
- BIODIVERSITY NET GAIN ASSESSMENT
- EXISTING ELEVATIONS
- PRELIMINARY ECOLOGICAL APPRAISAL AND PRELIMINARY ROOST ASSESSMENT
- PROPOSED FENCE ELEVATIONS AND FOREST SCHOOL DETAILS
- SITE LOCATION PLAN
- EXISTING AND PROPOSED 2ND FLOOR PLANS
- EXISTING AND PROPOSED FIRST FLOOR PLANS
- EXISTING AND PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR PLANS
- EXISTING AND PROPOSED ROOF PLANS
- EXISTING SITE PLAN
- PROPOSED ELEVATIONS
- SUSTAINABILITY STATEMENT
- BIODIVERSITY METRIC
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
South Cambridgeshire granted permission on 2 September 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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