Planning application
117 Highfields Road Highfields Caldecote Caldecote Cambridgeshire CB23 7NX
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Change of use of building and land from class E g commercial, business and service to 1 No. class C3 dwellinghouse.
As published by the council, reference 26/02540/PRIOR
Application record
- Reference
- 26/02540/PRIOR
- Type
- Prior Approval
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Prior Approval Given
- Received
- 3 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 3 Jul 2026
- Decided
- 8 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Caldecote
- Parish
- Caldecote CP
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- CB23 7NX
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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3 Jul 2026
Received by South Cambridgeshire
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23 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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8 Sep 2026
Decision issued: Prior Approval Given
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
16 documents on file for this application
- EXISTING AND PROPOSED PLANS, ELEVATION, SITE PLAN, LOCATION PLAN
- DECISION NOTICE
- EOT REQUEST
- ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING
- 119 HIGHFIELDS ROAD
- LOCAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY
- DRAINAGE
- CONTAMINATED LAND
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER
- MAP OF NOTIFIED NEIGHBOURS
- SITE NOTICE
- INVALID LETTER
- COVER EMAIL
- PROPOSED CYCLE STORAGE
- APPLICATION FORM
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
South Cambridgeshire granted permission on 8 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.
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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