Street Record St Neots Road Hardwick Cambridgeshire Data via plota.co.uk

26/02947/SCRE - EIA Screening Opinion Decided

Proposal

EIA Screening Opinion under the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 for upto 138 residential dwellings along with associated infrastructure including provision of new site access, internal roads, parking, public open space, landscaping and biodiversity enhancements and other associated works with all matters reserved except for the primary point of access onto St Neots Road. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
3 Aug 2026
✓
EIA Screening Not Required
29 Sept 2026

EIA Screening Not Required on 29 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 29 Sept 2026

Site constraints 5

Habitat network: Traditional orchards
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
National infrastructure project 402 m away: East West Rail - Bedford to Cambridge and Western improvements, at pre-application; Inside the Hardwick (South Cambridgeshire) built-up area; Priority habitat 22 m away: Traditional orchard; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 2, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 6 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

Council
Cambridge
Application type
EIA Screening Opinion
Received
3 Aug 2026
Validated
3 Aug 2026
Ward
Girton
Parish
Dry Drayton CP
Case officer
Show
Target decision
24 Aug 2026
Decision
EIA Screening Not Required
Decision date
29 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Agent
Savills

Public comments

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Last counted 29 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
24 Aug 2026
Env. assessment
No
Cambridge
Planning Authority Score
8.3/10
Excellent
#18 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

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