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73 Newmarket Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB5 8EG

22/02969/FULFull ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 8 December 2022

Council decision: Granted PermissionPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Mixed use development comprising a ground floor commercial unit (Class E) with nine residential units on the upper floors along with associated infrastructure following demolition of existing buildings.

Received
29 June 2022
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Market
Agent
Carter Jonas LLP
  1. Received29 Jun
  2. Validated29 Jun
  3. Consult.14 Nov
  4. Target24 Aug
  5. Decided8 Dec

Decided in 162 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 73 Newmarket Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB5 8EG. Cambridge has handled 1,534 applications of this type. This one was decided in 162 days, 16 weeks longer than Cambridge's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 207 applications across Market. We hold 537 applications in total for the CB5 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
CB5 8EG
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
District
Cambridge City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 June 2022
Consultation expiry
14 November 2022
Consultation start
31 October 2022
Consultation end
14 November 2022
Neighbour consultation end
8 August 2022
Last date for comments
14 November 2022
Target decision date
24 August 2022
Committee meeting
7 December 2022
Permission expires
8 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Carter Jonas LLP
Agent address
One Station Square Cambridge CB1 2GA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
27 July 2022
Advertisement expiry
17 August 2022
Site notice start
11 August 2022
Site notice end
2 September 2022

Appeal history

3318595
Allowed
Type: Householder (HAS)Procedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 5 June 2023Dev Type: Householder developmentsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Documents
75
Constraints
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Riverside
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 32/2014Protected tree on or next to this site
  • Brownfield land register: 73 Newmarket Road Cambridge CB5 8EGRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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 and heritage coasts.

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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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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

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