East Cambridgeshire District Council’s Planning Committee meets next Wednesday 5 July, with some controversial local items on its agenda.

Planning officers are recommending that councillors should refuse Gladman’s application for outline planning permission for up to 55 homes on land north of 22 Marroway Lane in Witchford (16/01136/OUM).

However, officers are recommending approval of Linden Homes’s application for 77 homes at the top of Mepal Road in Sutton (16/01772/FUM).

Two applications in Coveney are also being recommended by officers for approval: a three-bedroomed, two storey detached eco-home at 2 Gravel End, Coveney (17/00652/FUL), and two detached houses on the adjacent land (17/00549/OUT).