4 Ellesmere Road Cambridge CB4 2HP
Approved on 1 December 2017
Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Part two storey, part single storey rear extension.
- Received
- 26 October 2017
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Cambridge City Council
- Ward
- Arbury
- Agent
- Design Board-Architectural Services
- ReceivedReceived26 Oct
- ValidatedValidated26 Oct
- Consult.Consultation22 Nov
- TargetTarget Date21 Dec
- DecidedDecided1 Dec
Decided in 36 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a single storey rear extension at 4 Ellesmere Road Cambridge CB4 2HP. Cambridge has handled 1,534 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days, 13 days quicker than Cambridge's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications 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 2HP
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- District
- Cambridge City Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 26 October 2017
- Consultation expiry
- 22 November 2017
- Consultation start
- 1 November 2017
- Consultation end
- 22 November 2017
- Neighbour consultation end
- 22 November 2017
- Last date for comments
- 22 November 2017
- Target decision date
- 21 December 2017
- Decision issued
- 4 December 2017
- Permission expires
- 1 May 2021
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Design Board-Architectural Services
- Architect profile
- DESIGN BOARD ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES LIMITED
- Agent address
- 78 Stanley Road Wellingborough NN8 1EA United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 14
- Constraints
- 4
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 201712 Apr
Part two storey part single storey rear extension
RefusedFull Application17/0673/FUL - 201610 Oct
Part two storey part single storey rear extension
RefusedFull Application16/1721/FUL - 201612 Aug
Single storey rear extension, 6m from rear wall of original dwelling and eaves 2.43m above ground level.
ApprovedGeneral Permitted Development Extensions16/1502/GPE
Source: Cambridge
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