Darwin Green Phases Two And Three Development Site Cambridge Road Impington Cambridgeshire Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Reserved matters application for appearance, landscaping, layout and scale for infrastructure works including internal roads, pumping station, cycleways and pedestrian routes, landscaping, open space, play, lighting, utilities and drainage pursuant to Condition 2 (first reserved matters) of Outline application (as varied by ) for up to 1,000 residential dwellings, secondary school, primary school, community facilities, retail uses, open space and landscaped areas, associated engineering, demolition and infrastructure works, and the discharge of Conditions 11 (Public Art Delivery Plan), 23 (Design Code Compliance Statement), 27 (Detailed Surface Water Drainage Strategy for each Reserved Matters Application), 28 (Ecological Compliance Statement), 36 (Youth and Play Space Details) and 38 (Hard and Soft Landscaping) of Planning Permission (as varied by ). Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
12 Oct 2026
Decision
Expected by 1 Feb 2027

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 28 Dec 2026 and 2 Feb 2027, from recent reserved matters across the UK.

Documents 21

All documents on the council site ↗

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) 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.
National infrastructure project 176 m away: A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Improvement Scheme
The site is 176 m from the project boundary. Highway, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted.
Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.
Planning Inspectorate project page ↗
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
Green belt 93 m away: Cambridge.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 23 October 2026. 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
Approval of Reserved Matters
Received
12 Oct 2026
Validated
12 Oct 2026
Ward
Histon & Impington
Parish
Histon & Impington
Case officer
Show
Target decision
1 Feb 2027
Agent
Bidwells

Decision outlook

Day 16 of the 56-day target. Councils usually decide reserved matters by day 92.

Day 1676 days to the predicted decision (day 92)
27%decided within 8 weeks
96%approved
12%go to committee

Plota live figures for reserved matters decided across the UK in the last twelve months, from validation; too few recent reserved matters in Greater Cambridge to go on. Greater Cambridge decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

129 neighbours consulted · Last counted 23 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Site or press notice
28 Oct 2026
Statutory expiry
1 Feb 2027
Env. assessment
Yes