Land Between Hinton Way And Mingle Lane, Great Shelford And Stapleford Data via plota.co.uk

26/00610/OUT - Outline Application Refused

Proposal

Outline planning application (all matters reserved except means of access) for residential development of up to 110 houses, including affordable dwellings, together with open space, play areas, landscaping, land for ecological purposes, drainage and associated works. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 25 Sept 2026, 07:22

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Application progress

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Received

17 Feb 2026

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Consultation

11 Mar 2026

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Committee

8 Jul 2026

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Refused

8 Jul 2026

Appeal

Not lodged

Refused on 8 Jul 2026 · Committee Decision (Area/Main) · Last checked 25 Sept 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Greater Cambridge Planning Committee on 8 Jul 2026.

Refused unanimously

No officer report was published for this decision; this summary is from the committee minutes.

Officers advised refusal because of Green Belt harm, countryside encroachment and loss of best and most versatile agricultural land.
Members unanimously refused the application because no justification outweighed the identified Green Belt, countryside and agricultural land harms.

Read how the committee decided The proposal, site context, officer advice, objections, speakers, debate, vote and reasons for refusal.

Source: Plota analysis of Greater Cambridge's committee minutes of 8 Jul 2026.

Documents 126

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF DECISION NOTICE Application Decision Notice · 8 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF COMMITTEE REPORT Application Committee / Delegated Report · 8 Jul 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 37

Plans & drawings 6

PDF MOVEMENT PLAN REV F Application Information · 27 May 2026 View ↗ PDF GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN REV D Application Information · 21 May 2026 View ↗ PDF FRAMEWORK TRAVEL PLAN REV A Application Information · 21 May 2026 View ↗ PDF BUILDING HEIGHTS PLAN REV E Application Information · 21 May 2026 View ↗ PDF SECTION 106 AGREEMENT DRAFT HEADS OF TERMS Application Legal Agreement/S106/UU · 17 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF TRAVEL PLAN Application Information · 17 Feb 2026 View ↗

Application forms 2

PDF FEE CALCULATION Application Information · 17 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF APPLICATION FORM - NO PERSONAL INFO Application Information · 17 Feb 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 64

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Third Party Comments · 6 Jul 2026 View ↗

PDF LOCAL PAN 2025 COMMENTS Application Information · 6 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF MINERALS AND WASTE (COUNTY) Consultee Comments · 26 Jun 2026 View ↗

PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Third Party Comments · 26 Jun 2026 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Third Party Comments · 24 Apr 2026 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Third Party Comments · 25 Mar 2026 View ↗

PDF CONFIRMATION OF DEADLINE FOR COMMENTS TO 24.04.2026 Application Officer Correspondence · 25 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING Consultee Comments · 25 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF HOUSING STRATEGY Consultee Comments · 25 Mar 2026 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Third Party Comments · 24 Mar 2026 View ↗

PDF TREES Consultee Comments · 20 Mar 2026 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Third Party Comments · 20 Mar 2026 View ↗

Site constraints 3

Green belt: Cambridge

Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.

Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm.

Agricultural land, grade 3a

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.

Also on the record

Nature recovery project: Cambridge Core Area.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 25 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.

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Important details

Council: Greater Cambridge
Application type: Outline Application
Received: 17 Feb 2026
Validated: 17 Feb 2026
Ward: Shelford
Parish: Stapleford CP
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 14 Jul 2026
Decision: Refused Permission
Decision date: 8 Jul 2026
Decision level: Committee Decision (Area/Main)
Applicant: Show
Agent: Carter Jonas LLP

How this decision compares

Decided in 141 days from validation, 83 days slower than Greater Cambridge's median of 58 for outline applications. Refused, as 42% of outline applications here are.

This one141d

Council58d

UK58d

49%decided within 8 weeks

58%approved

9%go to committee

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

Public comments

34comments received

34 objecting

100% object · above the UK average of 74%

85 neighbours consulted · Last counted 25 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Site or press notice: 11 Mar 2026
Committee: 8 Jul 2026
Statutory expiry: 19 May 2026
Env. assessment: No

Land Between Hinton Way And Mingle Lane, Great Shelford And Stapleford Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Planning committee

Documents 126

Decision & officer reports 2

Statements & assessments 37

Plans & drawings 6

Application forms 2

Consultation & comments 64

Other documents 15

Site constraints 3

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How this decision compares

Public comments

Consultation & key dates