Northstowe Phase 3B Station Road Longstanton Cambs Data via plota.co.uk

26/03146/REM - Approval of Reserved Matters Awaiting decision

Proposal

Reserved Matters application for Phase 1 of Northstowe Phase 3B to provide 235 dwellings, a secondary mixed-use zone and associated infrastructure, for appearance, landscaping, layout, scale and access pursuant to outline planning permission ref. , including the submission of details pursuant to Conditions 12 (Reserved Matters Requirements), 13 (Landscape and Design Reserved Matters), 16 (Access to B1050 (Station Road, Longstanton), 17 (Public footpaths), 21 (Bus Stops), 24 (Landscape Management and Maintenance Plan), 27 (Ecological Design Strategy and Landscape and Ecological Mitigation Plan), 28 (Biodiversity Survey and Assessment), 30 (Sustainability Strategy - Reserved Matters), 35 (Surface Water - Reserved Matters Details), 46 (Green Routes), 50 (Housing Delivery Statement), 51 (Housing Mix), 52 (Space Standards), 55 (Open Space and Play Facilities Details) and 58 (Lighting) of outline planning permission ref. . Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 3 Oct 2026, 03:20

Application progress

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Received

19 Aug 2026

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Consultation

16 Sept 2026

Decision

Expected by 9 Dec 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 13 Oct 2026 and 30 Oct 2026, from Cambridge's recent commercial and major works.

Documents 45

Statements & assessments 20

Site constraints 2

Agricultural land, grade 3b

Not 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.

Public bridleway about 22 m away

Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.

Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 25 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.

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Important details

Council: Cambridge
Application type: Approval of Reserved Matters
Received: 19 Aug 2026
Validated: 19 Aug 2026
Ward: Longstanton
Parish: Northstowe Town Council
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 9 Dec 2026
Applicant: Show
Agent: Iceni Projects

Decision outlook

Day 46 of the 91-day target. Cambridge usually decides commercial and major works by day 62.

prediction

Day 4645 days to the 91-day target

48%decided within 8 weeks

85%approved

6%go to committee

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

Public comments

5comments received

5 objecting

100% object · above the UK average of 75%

214 neighbours consulted · Last counted 30 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Site or press notice: 16 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry: 9 Dec 2026
Env. assessment: Yes

Cambridge

Planning Authority Score

8.3/10

Excellent

#18 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Major dwellings

Cambridge is one of the fastest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #21 out of 296. Only 26% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (94%) 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

Cambridge decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

90%

Overall approval rate

Above avg (87%) #108 of 296

94%

Householder approved

Above avg (90%) #100 of 296

86%

Decided in 8 weeks

Above avg (63%) #21 of 296

26%

Extended time limit

Below avg (41%) #34 of 296

74%

Minor dwellings approved

86 decided (1-9 homes)

80%

Major dwellings approved

5 decided (10+ homes)

80%

Change of use approved

41 decided

1,014

Total decisions

100 refused in the year to March 2026

Northstowe Phase 3B Station Road Longstanton Cambs Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 45

Statements & assessments 20

Plans & drawings 4

Application forms 2

Consultation & comments 7

Other documents 12

Site constraints 2

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