Planning application
The Butts Business Centre The Butts Fowlmere Cambridgeshire SG8 7SL
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Proposal
S73 to vary condition 2 (Approved plans) of planning permission 23/01307/FUL (Creation of new business park area to replace the existing buildings, to include for 12 No. light industrial units, business centre building, cafe, storage/ manufacturing facility with associated external works) change of structure to a regular portal frame structure, materials to include a low brick plinth with horizontal insulated cladding panels between and insulated ribbed/ seamed panels to the roofs within each building and exclude first floor mezzanines and stairs from the plans,
As published by the council, reference 26/02683/S73
Application record
- Reference
- 26/02683/S73
- Type
- Section 73 - Remove/Vary Condition
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 15 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 15 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Foxton
- Parish
- Fowlmere CP
- Postcode
- SG8 7SL
Site history
Applications at this address on the South Cambridgeshire register
This site has had 2 applications since 2026.
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23/01307/CONDA Split decision
The Butts Business Centre The Butts Fowlmere Cambridgeshire SG8 7SL
Submission of details required by conditions 4 (written scheme of investigation (WSI)) and 5 (contamination) of planning permission 23/01307/FUL
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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15 Jul 2026
Received by South Cambridgeshire
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23 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 9 September 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
South Cambridgeshire took a median of 61 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
- Application: 23/01307/FUL (Decided)
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Gary Johns Architects Agent, an architecture practice registered in Ely
Active · incorporated 2009 · Ely
44 applications on PlanIndex · across 18 councils · 88% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
34 documents on file for this application
- TRANSPORT ASSESSMENT
- SUSTAINABILITY
- BNE - CONSERVATION
- URBAN DESIGN
- CONTAMINATED LAND
- PARISH
- BNE LANDSCAPE
- LLFA
- DRAINAGE
- LOCAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY
- ECOLOGY
- CONTAMINATED LAND
- ECOLOGY
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER
- MAP OF NOTIFIED NEIGHBOURS
- WASTE - SHARED SERVICE
- SITE NOTICE
- RECEIPT
- APPLICATION VALID
- FEE CALCULATION
- APPLICATION FORM - NO PERSONAL INFO
- ATTACHMENT SUMMARY FROM PORTAL
- UNIT A - PROPOSED PLANS 2 OF 2
- UNIT B - PROPOSED PLANS 1 OF 2
- UNIT A - PROPOSED ELEVATIONS
- PROPOSED SITE PLAN
- UNIT C - PROPOSED PLANS/ELEVATIONS
- STORAGE/MANUFACTURING/CAFE - PROPOSED PLANS 1 OF 2
- STORAGE MANUFACTURING CAFE - PROPOSED PLANS 2 OF 2
- STORAGE MANUFACTURING CAFE - PROPOSED ELEVATIONS
- UNIT A - PROPOSED PLANS 1 OF 2
- UNIT B - PROPOSED PLANS 2 OF 2
- UNIT B - PROPOSED ELEVATIONS
- DESIGN STATEMENT
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with South Cambridgeshire for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year South Cambridgeshire decided amendment applications in a median of 56 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About amendment applications
An amendment application makes limited changes to a permission that already exists; anything beyond modest adjustment needs a fresh application. More in our guide to planning application types.
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