Building 11 163 High Street Sawston Cambridgeshire CB22 3HN

1. 16 Sep 2026

   Received by South Cambridgeshire

2. 25 Sep 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

3. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 11 November 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 56 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

This application is with South Cambridgeshire for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year South Cambridgeshire decided prior approval applications in a median of 45 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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.

• Building 12 163 High Street Sawston Cambridgeshire CB22 3HN

  26/03525/PRIOR Submitted 16 Sep 2026 50 yards away

  78% historically approved · decision due ~11 Nov

  Change of Use from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to 7 No. Residential Units (Use Class C3)

  Awaiting decision Prior approval 45 docs

• Building 10 163 High Street Sawston Cambridgeshire CB22 3HN

  26/03523/PRIOR Submitted 16 Sep 2026 50 yards away

  78% historically approved · decision due ~11 Nov

  Change of Use from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to 7 No. Residential Units (Use Class C3)

  Awaiting decision Prior approval 41 docs

• Building 13 163 High Street Sawston Cambridgeshire CB22 3HN

  26/03521/PRIOR Submitted 16 Sep 2026 50 yards away

  78% historically approved · decision due ~11 Nov

  Change of Use from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to 2 No. Residential Units (Use Class C3)

  Awaiting decision Prior approval 41 docs

• 149 High Street Sawston Cambridgeshire CB22 3HJ

  24/1099/TTCA Submitted 3 Oct 2024 50 yards away

  T1 - Ash , 5 day notice - Tree has significant rot in the base of the main stem, approximately 80% of the heart wood has completely rotted, 40% of the crown also has distal die back. Plan to remove tree immediately due to the dangers it poses to children at the nursery playing around it.

  Granted Trees 12 docs

• Sawston Nursery Tannery Road Sawston Cambridgeshire CB22 3UW

  26/0740/TTCA Submitted 17 Jul 2026 50 yards away

  Sycamore - Fell Reason - Major disruption to playground from buttress roots, excessive bird waste and toxicitty in play ground.

  Granted Trees 7 docs

• Building 4 163 High Street Sawston Cambridgeshire CB22 3HN

  26/03522/PRIOR Submitted 16 Sep 2026 50 yards away

  78% historically approved · decision due ~11 Nov

  Change of Use from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to 9 No. Residential Units (Use Class C3)

  Awaiting decision Prior approval 44 docs

• 26/03716/PRIOR Awaiting decision

  194 Cambridge Science Park Milton Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 0AB

  Installation of a 230 kWp solar canopy on a car port roof for renewable energy generation and on-site consumption at Raspberry Pi.

  Received 29 Sep, published by the council 8 Oct 2026 Prior approval
• 26/02923/PRIOR Refused

  15 High Street Longstanton Cambridgeshire CB24 3BP

  Conversion and change of use of an existing two storey brick barn from use Class B1a to 1 No. dwellinghouse Class C3 and conversion of storage areas to rear to habitable space

  Received 3 Aug, published by the council 14 Aug 2026 Prior approval
• 26/02819/PRIOR Granted

  Land Adjacent 67 Station Road Steeple Morden Cambridgeshire SG8 0NU

  Change of use and conversion of agricultural barn to 1no 1-bedroom dwelling.

  Received 24 Jul, published by the council 31 Jul 2026 Prior approval
• 26/03523/PRIOR Awaiting decision

  Building 10 163 High Street Sawston Cambridgeshire CB22 3HN

  Change of Use from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to 7 No. Residential Units (Use Class C3)

  Received 16 Sep, published by the council 25 Sep 2026 Prior approval
• 26/03525/PRIOR Awaiting decision

  Building 12 163 High Street Sawston Cambridgeshire CB22 3HN

  Change of Use from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to 7 No. Residential Units (Use Class C3)

  Received 16 Sep, published by the council 25 Sep 2026 Prior approval