Snakehall Farm Swaffham Road Reach Cambridge CB25 0HZ Data via plota.co.uk

25/01394/FUL - Full Application Approved

Proposal

Demolition of existing paving, canopy and posts, new toilet block providing accessible lavatory accommodation Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
31 Dec 2025
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Validated
2 Feb 2026
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Consultation
30 Mar 2026
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Approved
30 Mar 2026

Approved on 30 Mar 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 8 Jul 2026

Documents 17

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Associated applications 2

Site constraints 6

Scheduled monument about 32 m away: Devil's Ditch, Reach to Woodditton
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.
Historic England ↗
Agricultural land, grade 3a
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 2. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
SSSI about 47 m away: Devil's Dyke SSSI
Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
National infrastructure project about 1514 m away: Sunnica Energy Farm; Priority habitat about 50 m away: Lowland calcareous grassland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. 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

Application type
Full Application
Postcode
CB25 0HZ
Received
31 Dec 2025
Validated
2 Feb 2026
Ward
Bottisham
Parish
Reach
Case officer
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Target decision
30 Mar 2026
Decision
Approve
Decision date
30 Mar 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, about the council's usual 56 days. Approved, as 97% of demolitions here are.

52%decided within 8 weeks
97%approved
60decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14556506
Planning Portal ref
PP-14556506
Neighbours
24 Feb 2026
Consultation
30 Mar 2026
Comments by
10 Mar 2026
Site or press notice
11 Feb 2026
Statutory expiry
30 Mar 2026
East Cambridgeshire
Planning Authority Score
6.1/10
Average
#97 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

East Cambridgeshire is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #65 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (89%) than the national average (90%).

Faster than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
East Cambridgeshire decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
86%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #193 of 296
89%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #202 of 296
76%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #65 of 296
34%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #85 of 296
74%
Minor dwellings approved
124 decided (1-9 homes)
80%
Major dwellings approved
15 decided (10+ homes)
87%
Change of use approved
30 decided
697
Total decisions
96 refused in the year to March 2026