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29 Benson Street Cambridge CB4 3QJ

16/0955/FULFull ApplicationWithdrawn
Full

Withdrawn on 1 September 2016

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

External insulation and render to front and Western front wall.

Received
9 June 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Castle
  1. Received9 Jun
  2. Validated9 Jun
  3. Consult.17 Aug
  4. Target4 Aug
  5. Decided1 Sep

Decided in 84 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 29 Benson Street Cambridge CB4 3QJ. Cambridge has handled 1,534 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 84 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in the Castle and Victoria Road conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 119 applications across Castle. 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 3QJ
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
District
Cambridge City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 June 2016
Consultation expiry
17 August 2016
Consultation start
3 August 2016
Consultation end
17 August 2016
Neighbour consultation end
15 July 2016
Target decision date
4 August 2016
Decision issued
15 September 2016
Permission expires
15 September 2019

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
24 June 2016
Advertisement expiry
15 July 2016
Site notice start
24 June 2016
Site notice end
15 July 2016

Additional information

Documents
25
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Castle And Victoria Road
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage 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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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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