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The Treehouse Westfield Lane Cambridge CB4 3QS

16/1923/CLUEDLawful Development Cert (s191)Permitted
Lawful development certificate

Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness under Section 191 to permit the use of The Treehouse as a single dwellinghouse.

Received
10 November 2016
Decided
17 February 2017 · Certificate Granted
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Castle
Approximate site (title boundary)
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  1. Received10 Nov
  2. Validated10 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target5 Jan
  5. Decided17 Feb

Decided in 99 days (council typically 49)

7 weeks typical decision time in Cambridge90% of amendment applications approvedSee what's approved near your address

This is an application to amend a permission at The Treehouse Westfield Lane Cambridge CB4 3QS. Cambridge has handled 195 applications of this type and approves 90% of them, typically deciding them in 28 days. This one was decided in 99 days, 10 weeks longer than Cambridge's median. 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 122 applications across Castle. We hold 1,481 applications in total for the CB4 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
16/1923/CLUED
Address
The Treehouse Westfield Lane Cambridge CB4 3QS
Postcode
CB4 3QS
Local Authority
Cambridge
Application Type
Lawful Development Cert (s191)
Scale / Size
Small
Decision Status
Permitted
Current Status
Decided
Ward
Castle
District
Cambridge City Council

Applicant & Agent

Agent
Tim Harbord Associates
Agent Address
Peg Tile Court 3 Church Street Lavenham Sudbury CO10 9QT

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
10 November 2016
Target Decision Date
5 January 2017
Date Decided
17 February 2017
Date Validated
10 November 2016
Date Submitted
10 November 2016
Permission Expires
17 February 2020

Planning Decision

Decision
Certificate Granted
Decided By
Delegated Decision
Statutory Period
56 days

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Documents
16
Constraints
6
Coordinates
52.216415, 0.107114
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Cambridge

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Planning constraints

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.

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