59 Gwydir Street Cambridge CB1 2LG
Approved on 26 July 2022
Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Loft conversion including rooflights and rear dormer. Rear second-floor extension.
- Received
- 16 May 2022
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Cambridge City Council
- Ward
- Petersfield
- Agent
- Ely Design Group
- ReceivedReceived16 May
- ValidatedValidated16 May
- Consult.Consultation7 Jul
- TargetTarget Date11 Jul
- DecidedDecided26 Jul
Decided in 71 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a loft conversion at 59 Gwydir Street Cambridge CB1 2LG. Cambridge has handled 1,534 applications of this type. This one was decided in 71 days, 3 weeks longer than Cambridge's typical decision time. The site is in the Mill Road conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 156 applications across Petersfield. We hold 1,406 applications in total for the CB1 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
- CB1 2LG
- Application type
- Householder Works/Extension
- Scale / size
- Small
- District
- Cambridge City Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 16 May 2022
- Consultation expiry
- 22 July 2022
- Consultation start
- 16 June 2022
- Consultation end
- 7 July 2022
- Neighbour consultation end
- 7 July 2022
- Last date for comments
- 22 July 2022
- Target decision date
- 11 July 2022
- Permission expires
- 26 July 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Ely Design Group
- Agent address
- 3 Short Road Stretham CB6 3LS United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 22 June 2022
- Advertisement expiry
- 13 July 2022
- Site notice start
- 1 July 2022
- Site notice end
- 22 July 2022
Additional information
- Documents
- 17
- Constraints
- 13
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Mill Road
- Tree Preservation Order: Ref 21/2013Protected tree on or next to this site
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)
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