The Old Garage 56 High Street Bottisham Cambridge CB25 9DA Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Regularisation of the development - change of use of units 1, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 to Class E with accompanying ancillary storage area and associated works Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 17 Jun 2026 · Committee Decision · Last checked 8 Jul 2026
Planning committee
Decided by East Cambridgeshire Planning Committee on 10 Jun 2026.
Approved by 9 votes to 0
As officers recommended.
- Officers advised approval because the brownfield site would retain employment and provide local services, with amenity impacts controlled by conditions.
- Residents and the parish council supported village businesses but raised concerns about noise, storage containers, opening hours, cumulative impacts and planning control.
- The committee voted 9-0 with 1 abstention to approve, subject to amended parking wording and an additional noise-control condition.
Source: Plota analysis of East Cambridgeshire's committee minutes of 10 Jun 2026.
Documents 49
Decision & officer reports 2
Statements & assessments 1
Plans & drawings 1
Application forms 1
Consultation & comments 38
Other documents 6
Site constraints 5
Show all 5 with distances
- 61 m52, High StreetGrade II
- 95 m59, High StreetGrade II
- 111 mBell InnGrade II
- 123 m66, High StreetGrade II
- 135 m8,10 and 12, High StreetGrade II
Checked on 11 September 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 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 £552,000 in July 2024. Detached house, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
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Important details
- Council
- East Cambridgeshire
- Application type
- Full Application
- Postcode
- CB25 9DA
- Received
- 12 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 16 Jan 2026
- Ward
- Bottisham
- Parish
- Bottisham
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 13 Mar 2026
- Decision
- Approve
- Decision date
- 17 Jun 2026
- Decision level
- Committee Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Collins & Coward
- Freehold owner
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 152 days from validation, 96 days slower than East Cambridgeshire's median of 56 for changes of use. Approved, as 88% of changes of use here are.
Plota live figures for changes of use decided by East Cambridgeshire in the last twelve months, from validation. East Cambridgeshire decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14515555
- Neighbours
- 17 Jun 2026
- Consultation
- 17 Jun 2026
- Comments by
- 8 May 2026
- Site or press notice
- 28 Apr 2026
- Committee
- 10 Jun 2026
Historical activity at this location
25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
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%).
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 owner: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.
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