Old Salt Depot 38 Brinkley Road Dullingham Newmarket Suffolk CB8 9UW Data via plota.co.uk

25/00362/FUL - Full Application Approved

Proposal

Erection of 5 no. two-storey dwellings, associated outbuildings and highway access Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
23 Dec 2025
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Validated
15 Jan 2026
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Committee
2 Sept 2026
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Consultation
7 Sept 2026
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Approved
7 Sept 2026

Approved on 7 Sept 2026 · Committee Decision · Last checked 11 Sept 2026

Planning committee

Decided by East Cambridgeshire Planning Committee on 2 Sept 2026.

Approved unanimously

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised approval because the brownfield site had an existing permission and the benefits were not outweighed by harm.
  • The parish council made no comment, consultees raised no objection, and one neighbour supported the proposal subject to a boundary fence.
  • Members unanimously approved five homes subject to the recommended conditions.
Read how the committee decided The proposal, site history, officers’ assessment, consultation responses, public speaking, committee debate, vote and decision.

Source: Plota analysis of East Cambridgeshire's committee minutes of 2 Sept 2026.

Documents 38

All documents on the council site ↗

Associated applications 2

Site constraints 4

Agricultural land, grade 2
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 3. 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.
Registered park or garden 61 m away: Dullingham House
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
1 listed building within 150 m
Nearest: 52, 54 and 56, Brinkley Road, Grade II, 46 m away
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Conservation area 62 m away: Dullingham.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £575,000 in July 2025. Other property, freehold.

18 July 2025£575,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Application type
Full Application
Postcode
CB8 9UW
Received
23 Dec 2025
Validated
15 Jan 2026
Ward
Woodditton
Parish
Dullingham
Case officer
Show
Target decision
7 Sept 2026
Decision
Approve
Decision date
7 Sept 2026
Decision level
Committee Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Dean Jay Pearce Architectural Design And Planning Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 235 days from validation, 167 days slower than East Cambridgeshire's median of 68 for new homes. Approved, as 87% of new homes here are.

42%decided within 8 weeks
87%approved
6%go to committee

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

Public comments

1comment received
1 supporting

15 neighbours consulted · Last counted 11 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Neighbours
7 Sept 2026
Consultation
7 Sept 2026
Comments by
2 Jun 2026
Site or press notice
26 Jan 2026
Committee
2 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry
12 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

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use