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55 Darwin Drive Cambridge CB4 3HQ

16/0931/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 5 August 2016

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Two storey side and roof extension.

Received
31 May 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Arbury
Agent
Confianza UK Ltd
  1. Received31 May
  2. Validated31 May
  3. Consult.27 Jun
  4. Target26 Jul
  5. Decided5 Aug

Decided in 66 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at 55 Darwin Drive Cambridge CB4 3HQ. Cambridge has handled 1,534 applications of this type. This one was decided in 66 days, 2 weeks longer than Cambridge's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 82 applications across Arbury. We hold 1,501 applications in total for the CB4 postcode area.

90% of full applications at Cambridge City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
CB4 3HQ
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
District
Cambridge City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 May 2016
Consultation expiry
27 June 2016
Consultation start
6 June 2016
Consultation end
27 June 2016
Neighbour consultation end
27 June 2016
Target decision date
26 July 2016
Decision issued
9 August 2016
Permission expires
9 August 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent
Confianza UK Ltd
Agent address
82 High Street Cherry Hinton Cambridge CB1 9HZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
15
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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