10 Orchard Drive Smithy Fen Cottenham Cambridgeshire CB24 8PT Data via plota.co.uk

25/04631/FUL - Full Application Approved

Proposal

Construction of a utility block/day room, static caravans and parking Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

27 Nov 2025

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Validated

23 Mar 2026

✓

Consultation

8 Apr 2026

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Approved

26 Jun 2026

Approved on 26 Jun 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 9 Jul 2026

Documents 21

Associated applications 2

FullApproved26 Jun 202625/04631/FULThis application
Construction of a utility block/day room, static caravans and parking
Conditions 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12 discharged
- ConditionsSubmission of details required by condition 5 (landscaping), 7 (cycle parking), 9 (foul water…3 Sep 202625/04631/CONDA

Site constraints 2

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea

High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 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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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) agrees.

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.

Not affected

Not green belt · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 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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3 Sept 2026Approved

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Important details

Council: South Cambridgeshire
Application type: Full Application
Postcode: CB24 8PT
Received: 27 Nov 2025
Validated: 23 Mar 2026
Ward: Cottenham
Parish: Cottenham CP
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 18 May 2026
Decision: Granted Permission
Decision date: 26 Jun 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 95 days from validation, 39 days slower than South Cambridgeshire's median of 56 for commercial and major works. Approved, as 93% of commercial and major works here are.

This one95d

Council56d

UK57d

57%decided within 8 weeks

93%approved

49decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Site or press notice: 8 Apr 2026
Statutory expiry: 18 May 2026
Env. assessment: No

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

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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

10 Orchard Drive Smithy Fen Cottenham Cambridgeshire CB24 8PT Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 21

Decision & officer reports 2

Statements & assessments 4

Application forms 1

Consultation & comments 5

Other documents 9

Associated applications 2

Site constraints 2

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Consultation & key dates