CB7 Plot C Soham Northern Gateway, A142, Soham, Ely

The site extends to circa 1.59 acres (0.64 hectares) gross. It is flat throughout with a proportion of concrete hard standing (extending to circa 0.21 acres) leading to an agricultural access track to the adjacent field.

ACCESS: The site has an existing agricultural access direct from The Shade (A142) (over land owned by Cambridgeshire County Council). Primary access to the site will be by way of an extension to the existing link road that services the adjacent BP Petrol Filling Station in accordance with the specification agreed with Cambridgeshire County Council (land owner).

PLANNING: The site has previously been subject to a planning application for a fast food drive thru and a coffee drive thru (Ref: 20/00569/FUL). The application was refused, in part, due to Policy SBNP8 which does not permit hot food takeaways within 400m of the boundary of The Shade Primary School. As such, proposals that include hot food takeaways will not be considered.

Soham is a town located around 5 miles from the A14 Junction 37, 9 miles from Newmarket and 16 miles north east of Cambridge on the A142 linking Newmarket with Ely. It has a population of around 12,300 people (2021 census) and is a designated a rural growth settlement.

There are a range of facilities in the town, which include a secondary school, library and a range of shops, while it also provides a base for a number of other commercial and industrial occupiers.

The plot is located within the Soham Northern Gateway development zone on the A142 Northern roundabout.

Well located off the A142

~18,500 vehicles per day