New Small Business Support Units Mill Lane, Sawston Cambridgeshire,

This development has been choreographed in design and supportive documentation to create an application that has received a favourable response from those that have studied its contents, many of whom have visited the site. The formulated evidence of the commercial history of the site, thoughtful progressive design, demand for sustainable small business employment growth opportunities in the local area and the requirements for developments like this as laid out in the National Planning Policy Framework should warrant the South Cambridge District council planning Department considering the application for approval. We have assessed the application and taken regard of comments and remarks made regarding the original Pre-submission for Advice and we have adapted the design and carried out the requirements for surveys to address any possible issues with the eligibility of the site for development and we have carried out comparisons of similar sites where existing developments are in operation in the South Cambridgeshire, Suffolk and Hertfordshire counties. Our assessment, we believe, is reasonable in its objectivity and below are the conclusions for the argument to grant Full Planning Permission:

The site is located at the junction of Mill Lane and the A1301 Sawston By-Pass. It lies to the south and east of Spicers land and next to the railway line and level crossing of the main Cambridge to London line.

These are the details of a submission to South Cambridgeshire District Council for Full Planning Approval of the proposed development of small business support units on the land, known as ‘The Sawston Storage Depot’ located at Mill Lane, Sawston

The site is 3.34 hectares with the main access from Mill Lane on the northern boundary. Former uses of the land as an open storage compound and tip over the past 40 years, has meant that site levels have been raised by between 1.5 and 2 metres above the original ground. The northern and eastern boundaries are protected by a continuous bund or spoil heap, approximately 1.8m high, with mature trees and shrubbery that forms a screen from the road. The bunding along the eastern boundary which was put there for security reasons, appears to be adversely affecting the existing trees.

The western boundary has a thick covering of brambles and shrubs with a deep drainage ditch alongside the railway line. There is approximately 15 metres from the site boundary to the railway line.

There is a large electricity substation to the south and west of the site across the railway line,  which has recently recieved full planning to be expanded to over double its size?

There is also a large concrete drainage pipe and ditch to the south. The existing entrance to the site is set back from Mill Lane by 5m in the centre of the northern boundary.

Tw o the North of the site is an open green field that has recieved full planning to provide a double lane fly over to service the expansion plans of the spicer site.

It should be pointed out much of the spicer land developed and due for expansion is within the greenbelt.

The recent history of the site is some what chequered by the non-conforming use of the site by the previous owner the South Cambridgeshire county council and their tenants as a storage compound, prior to this our investigations have revealed maps photographs and statements that provide evidence of use of the land before the County councils acquisition.

EVIDENCE OF COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY AND USE BY THE SOUTH CAMBRIDGE COUNTY AND DISTRICT COUNCIL IS PROVIDED WITHIN THE DOCUMENTATION  ON THE SITE HISTORY PAGE