Land Adj Egremont Road Hardwick Cambridgeshire Data via plota.co.uk

25/04861/FUL - Full Application Approved

Proposal

New Community Centre for Hardwick Village. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 3 Oct 2026, 00:09

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Application progress

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Received

15 Dec 2025

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Consultation

9 Jan 2026

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Approved

20 Mar 2026

Approved on 20 Mar 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 2 Oct 2026

Documents 33

Consultation & comments 8

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Third Party Comments · 13 Mar 2026 View ↗

PDF SOS CONSULTATION RESPONSE Correspondence · 11 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF TREES Consultee Comments · 3 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF SPORT ENGLAND Consultee Comments · 29 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF LOCAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY Consultee Comments · 26 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH Consultee Comments · 22 Jan 2026 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Third Party Comments · 19 Jan 2026 View ↗

PDF MAP OF NOTIFIED NEIGHBOURS Neighbour/Consultee Notification List · 5 Jan 2026 View ↗

Site constraints 3

Also on the record

National infrastructure project 464 m away: East West Rail - Bedford to Cambridge and Western improvements, at pre-application; Inside the Hardwick (South Cambridgeshire) built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council: Cambridge
Application type: Full Application
Received: 15 Dec 2025
Validated: 15 Dec 2025
Ward: Hardwick
Parish: Hardwick CP
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 20 Mar 2026
Decision: Granted Permission
Decision date: 20 Mar 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Blue Ink Architecture

How this decision compares

Decided in 95 days from validation, 39 days slower than Cambridge's median of 56 for full applications. Approved, as 91% of full applications here are.

This one95d

Council56d

UK56d

51%decided within 8 weeks

91%approved

8%go to committee

Plota live figures for full applications decided by Cambridge in the last twelve months, from validation. Cambridge decision record →

Public comments

9comments received

2 objecting7 supporting

78% support · above the UK average of 16%

42 neighbours consulted · Last counted 2 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Site or press notice: 9 Jan 2026
Statutory expiry: 9 Feb 2026
Env. assessment: No

Cambridge

Planning Authority Score

8.3/10

Excellent

#18 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

Cambridge is one of the fastest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #21 out of 296. Only 26% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (94%) than the national average (90%).

Among the fastest councils in England

for householder decisions

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Cambridge decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

90%

Overall approval rate

Above avg (87%) #108 of 296

94%

Householder approved

Above avg (90%) #100 of 296

86%

Decided in 8 weeks

Above avg (63%) #21 of 296

26%

Extended time limit

Below avg (41%) #34 of 296

74%

Minor dwellings approved

86 decided (1-9 homes)

80%

Major dwellings approved

5 decided (10+ homes)

80%

Change of use approved

41 decided

1,014

Total decisions

100 refused in the year to March 2026

Land Adj Egremont Road Hardwick Cambridgeshire Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 33

Decision & officer reports 2

Statements & assessments 10

Plans & drawings 1

Application forms 2