7 Benson Street Cambridge CB4 3QJ
Withdrawn on 26 April 2017
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Extension of existing dwellinghouse to form new ground floor kitchen area and first floor bedroom/bathroom
- Received
- 20 January 2017
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Cambridge City Council
- Ward
- Castle
- ReceivedReceived20 Jan
- ValidatedValidated20 Jan
- Consult.Consultation3 Apr
- TargetTarget Date17 Mar
- DecidedDecided26 Apr
Decided in 96 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a new dwelling at 7 Benson Street Cambridge CB4 3QJ. Cambridge has handled 1,534 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 96 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in the Castle and Victoria Road conservation area. There has been 1 other application 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
- 20 January 2017
- Consultation expiry
- 3 April 2017
- Consultation start
- 20 March 2017
- Consultation end
- 3 April 2017
- Neighbour consultation end
- 3 April 2017
- Target decision date
- 17 March 2017
- Decision issued
- 8 May 2017
- Permission expires
- 8 May 2020
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Chadwick Dryer Clarke
- Architect profile
- CHADWICK DRYER CLARKE LTD
- Agent address
- Studio 32 23 King Street Cambridge CB1 1AH UK
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 27 January 2017
- Advertisement expiry
- 17 February 2017
- Site notice start
- 3 February 2017
- Site notice end
- 24 February 2017
Additional information
- Documents
- 49
- Constraints
- 6
Site 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.
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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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Cambridge
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