Planning application
Grafham To Cambridge
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Planning Performance Agreement and associated Technical Working Group pre-application discussions for the Grafham to Cambridge Pipeline Scheme. TCPA application expected in 2026. New information is available to review for writte advice and attendance at PPA Pre-app meetings.
As published by the council, reference PPA/25/0056
Application record
- Reference
- PPA/25/0056
- Type
- Full Application
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 22 Oct 2025
- Validated
- 14 Nov 2025
- Ward
- Girton
- Parish
- Girton CP
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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22 Oct 2025
Received by South Cambridgeshire
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14 Nov 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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23 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 9 January 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.
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
- Application: 25/01655/SCOP (Decided)
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
31 documents on file for this application
- SUSTAINABILITY
- INVALID CHASE
- INVALID LETTER
- ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT SCOPING REPORT PAGE 1-50
- ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT SCOPING REPORT PAGE 51-100
- ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT SCOPING REPORT PAGE 101-150
- ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT SCOPING REPORT PAGE 151-202
- FIGURE 1.2 SCHEME LOCATION AND EXTENT PLAN
- COVER EMAIL
- GRAFHAM TO REDE SCOPING OPINION REQUEST SCDC
- IMAGE003
- FIGURE 1.1 OVERALL ROUTE PLAN
- FIGURE 1.3 SCHEME LOCATION DETAIL PAGES 1 TO 24
- FIGURE 4.1 AIR QUALITY CONSTRAINTS
- FIGURE 4.2 CONSTRUCTION DUST ASSESSMENT PAGES 1 TO 13
- FIGURE 5.1 STATUTORY DESIGNATED SITES
- FIGURE 5.2 NON-STATUTORY DESIGNATED SITES
- FIGURE 5.3 ANCIENT WOODLAND AND VETERAN TREES
- FIGURE 5.4 PRIORITY HABITATS
- FIGURE 5.5 WATERCOURSES AND STANDING WATERBODIES
- FIGURE 7.1 HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT STUDY AREA
- FIGURE 7.2 BEDROCK GEOLOGY
- FIGURE 7.3 SUPERFICIAL GEOLOGY
- FIGURE 7.4 TOPOGRAPHY
- FIGURE 7.5 DESIGNATED HERITAGE ASSETS
- FIGURE 7.6 NON DESIGNATED HERITAGE ASSETS
- FIGURE 7.7 PREVIOUS ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS
- FIGURE 7.8 HISTORIC ENGLAND AERIAL INVESTIGATION MAPPING
- FIGURE 7.9 PARISH BOUNDARIES
- FIGURE 8.1 LANDSCAPE AND HERITAGE DESIGNATIONS
- FIGURE 8.2 LANDSCAPE CHARACTER TYPES
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This application is with South Cambridgeshire for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year South Cambridgeshire decided full applications in a median of 143 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
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