39 Collingwood Drive Longstanton Cambridgeshire CB24 3GW Data via plota.co.uk

26/02625/HFUL - Householder Works/Extension Approved
Extensions & alterations

Proposal

Conversion of existing detached garage to form ancillary residential accommodation associated with the main dwelling. Including rooflights, replacement of garage doors with windows and doors. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
10 Jul 2026
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Approved
28 Aug 2026

Approved on 28 Aug 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 28 Aug 2026

Documents 10

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF DELEGATED REPORT Application Committee / Delegated Report · 28 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF DECISION NOTICE Application Decision Notice · 28 Aug 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 2

PDF DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT Design and Access Statement · 10 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT Application Survey / Assessment / Statement · 10 Jul 2026 View ↗

Application forms 2

PDF APPLICATION FORM - NO PERSONAL INFO Application Information · 10 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF FEE CALCULATION Application Information · 10 Jul 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 2

PDF ENVIRONMENT AGENCY Consultee Comments · 20 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF MAP OF NOTIFIED NEIGHBOURS Neighbour/Consultee Notification List · 16 Jul 2026 View ↗

Other documents 2

PDF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER Application Officer Correspondence · 16 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF ATTACHMENT SUMMARY FROM PORTAL Attachment Summary · 10 Jul 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 3

Flood zone 2, rivers and sea
Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
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Also on the record
Inside the Longstanton built-up area; the 1970s provisional farmland map had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Not green belt · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England 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
South Cambridgeshire
Application type
Householder Works/Extension
Postcode
CB24 3GW
Received
10 Jul 2026
Validated
10 Jul 2026
Ward
Longstanton
Parish
Longstanton CP
Case officer
Show
Target decision
4 Sept 2026
Decision
Granted Permission
Decision date
28 Aug 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
APK Architecture & Design Ltd.

How this decision compares

Decided in 49 days from validation, 4 days faster than South Cambridgeshire's median of 53 for extensions. Approved, as 96% of extensions here are.

87%decided within 8 weeks
96%approved
386decided in the last year

Plota live figures for extensions decided by South Cambridgeshire in the last twelve months, from validation. South Cambridgeshire decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

6 neighbours consulted · Last counted 28 Aug 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

8 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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South Cambridgeshire
Planning Authority Score
8.1/10
Excellent
#25 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

South Cambridgeshire is one of the fastest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #24 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (95%) than the national average (90%).

Among the fastest councils in England
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
South Cambridgeshire decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
94%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #45 of 296
95%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #91 of 296
84%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #24 of 296
31%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #60 of 296
86%
Minor dwellings approved
215 decided (1-9 homes)
96%
Major dwellings approved
27 decided (10+ homes)
79%
Change of use approved
38 decided
1,509
Total decisions
96 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings