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87 Histon Road Cambridge CB4 3JD

17/1848/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 7 February 2018

Council decision: Granted PermissionPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of a 1.5 storey 2 bed dwelling to the rear of 87 Histon Road with access from North Street, with integrated store for bins and bikes.

Received
1 November 2017
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Arbury
Agent
NP Architects
  1. Received1 Nov
  2. Validated1 Nov
  3. Consult.22 Nov
  4. Target27 Dec
  5. Decided7 Feb

Decided in 98 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 87 Histon Road Cambridge CB4 3JD. Cambridge has handled 1,534 applications of this type. This one was decided in 98 days, 7 weeks longer than Cambridge's typical decision time. The site is in the Castle and Victoria Road conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 81 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 3JD
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
District
Cambridge City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 November 2017
Consultation expiry
11 December 2017
Consultation start
1 November 2017
Consultation end
22 November 2017
Neighbour consultation end
11 December 2017
Last date for comments
11 December 2017
Target decision date
27 December 2017
Committee meeting
7 February 2018
Decision issued
8 February 2018
Permission expires
8 February 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent
NP Architects
Agent address
96 King Street CAMBRIDGE CB1 1LN

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
17 November 2017
Advertisement expiry
8 December 2017
Site notice start
17 November 2017
Site notice end
8 December 2017

Additional information

Documents
33
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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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2017
    31 May

    Cherry (T1 & T2) - Fell both trees

    ApprovedWorks to CA trees17/248/TTCA

Source: Cambridge

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