Former Comfort Cafe Fourwentways Newmarket Road Little Abington Cambridgeshire CB21 6AP Data via plota.co.uk

25/04728/FUL - Full Application Approved

Proposal

Demolition of existing buildings/hardstanding and erection of commercial building (use classes E(g)(ii), E(g)(iii), B2 and B8 to be applied flexibly) with associated substation, access, parking, landscaping and associated infrastructure works. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 10 Oct 2026, 06:45

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Application progress

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Received

5 Dec 2025

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Consultation

15 Jan 2026

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Approved

10 Jun 2026

Approved on 10 Jun 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 2 Oct 2026

Documents 87

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF DECISION NOTICE Application Decision Notice · 10 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF DELEGATION REPORT Application Committee / Delegated Report · 10 Jun 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 35

Plans & drawings 2

PDF TRAVEL PLAN Application Information · 5 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF OPERATIONAL WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN Application Information · 5 Dec 2025 View ↗

Application forms 2

PDF APPLICATION FORM - NO PERSONAL INFO Application Information · 5 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF FEE CALCULATION Application Information · 5 Dec 2025 View ↗

Consultation & comments 32

Associated applications 14

FullApproved10 Jun 202625/04728/FULThis application
Demolition of existing buildings/hardstanding and erection of commercial building (use classes E(g)(ii), E(g)(iii), B2 and B8…
Conditions 6, 8, 17, 30, 32 discharged · 15, 21, 23, 31, 35 awaiting decision · 3 decided (outcome not recorded) · 5, 9 refused
- ConditionsSubmission of details required by conditions 15 (construction traffic management plan (CTMP)…10 Sep 202625/04728/CONDI
- ConditionsSubmission of details required by condition 23 (construction ecological management plan CEcMP)10 Sep 202625/04728/CONDL
- ConditionsSubmission of details required by condition 31 (surface water run-off)10 Sep 202625/04728/CONDJ
- Show 10 earlier · 6 approved, 1 pending, 2 refused, 1 decided
  - ConditionsSubmission of details required by conditions 21 (ecological enhancement scheme) and 35…10 Sep 202625/04728/CONDK
  - ConditionsSubmission of details required by condition 17 (access arrangements)14 Aug 202625/04728/CONDF
  - ConditionsSubmission of details required by condition 5 (ditch infilling)Refused14 Aug 202625/04728/CONDG
  - ConditionsSubmission of details required by condition 3 (written scheme of investigation (WSI))14 Aug 202625/04728/CONDH
  - ConditionsSubmission of details required by condition 30 (surface water drainage scheme)14 Aug 202625/04728/CONDE
  - ConditionsSubmision of details required by condition 8 (foundation design)11 Aug 202625/04728/CONDC
  - ConditionsSubmission of details required by condition 9 (details of the external materials)Refused11 Aug 202625/04728/CONDD
  - AmendmentNon material amendment to add a second sub-station in close proximity to the original…4 Aug 202625/04728/NMA1
  - ConditionsSubmission of details required by condition 6 (aboricultural method statement (AMS) and tree…30 Jul 202625/04728/CONDB
  - ConditionsSubmission of details required by condition 32 (contamination)30 Jul 202625/04728/CONDA

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.

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 2; Tree preservation order 16 m away: LITTLE ABINGTON Church Lane; Green belt 53 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 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) 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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