By seven votes to two, with one abstention, the Planning Committee refused the application contrary to the recommendation in the report from the Joint Director of Planning and Economic Development. Members agreed the reason for refusal as being the absence of any evidence that a satisfactory method of surface water drainage could be provided, contrary to policies CC/7 (Water Quality), CC/8 (Sustainable Drainage Systems) and CC/9 (Managing flood risk) of the South Cambridgeshire Local Plan 2018.