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Chesterton Community College Academy Gilbert Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 5NY

17/1466/CTYCounty ApplicationApproved

Approved on 29 September 2017

Council decision: Have No Objection To

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Expansion of Chesterton Community College from a six form entry secondary school (900 pupils) to an eight form entry secondary school (1,200 pupils), including partial demolition and erection of part one and part two storey extension to include a new main Entrance / Reception, a large Main Hall, a Dining Hall, a Kitchen, new teaching rooms, circulation space, WCs and Storage Facilities; extension to existing car park; the provision of new cycle parking; hard and soft landscaping; general building refurbishment; removal of a gas meter; and improvements to the access road with internal pedestrian crossing points.

Received
17 August 2017
Ward
West Chesterton
  1. Received17 Aug
  2. Validated17 Aug
  3. Consult.20 Oct
  4. Target7 Sep
  5. Decided29 Sep

Decided in 43 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at Chesterton Community College Academy Gilbert Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 5NY. Cambridge has handled 3 applications of this type. This one was decided in 43 days, 6 days quicker than Cambridge's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 117 applications across West Chesterton. We hold 1,501 applications in total for the CB4 postcode area.

93% of all 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 5NY
Application type
County Application
Scale / size
Small
District
Cambridge City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 August 2017
Consultation expiry
20 October 2017
Consultation start
29 September 2017
Consultation end
20 October 2017
Target decision date
7 September 2017
Permission expires
29 September 2022

Planning decision

Statutory period
21 days

Additional information

Documents
8
Constraints
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Castle And Victoria RoadPart of the site
  • 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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

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