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177 - 181 Newmarket Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB5 8HA

22/04045/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 28 February 2023

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Extension and alterations to create 4no 1bed dwellings.

Received
12 September 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Abbey
Agent
M.R. Designs
  1. Received12 Sep
  2. Validated12 Sep
  3. Consult.14 Dec
  4. Target7 Nov
  5. Decided28 Feb

Decided in 169 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at 177 - 181 Newmarket Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB5 8HA. Cambridge has handled 1,534 applications of this type. This one was decided in 169 days, 17 weeks longer than Cambridge's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 131 applications across Abbey. 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 8HA
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
District
Cambridge City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 September 2022
Consultation expiry
14 December 2022
Consultation start
30 November 2022
Consultation end
14 December 2022
Neighbour consultation end
25 October 2022
Last date for comments
14 December 2022
Target decision date
7 November 2022
Permission expires
28 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
M.R. Designs
Agent address
Snails Old Bank Prickwillow Ely Cambs CB7 4UT

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
12 October 2022
Advertisement expiry
2 November 2022
Site notice start
11 October 2022
Site notice end
1 November 2022

Appeal history

3325296
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 22 March 2024Dev Type: Change of useReason: Refusal

Additional information

Documents
47
Constraints
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Riverside
  • 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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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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.

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

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Associated applications

  1. 2023
    13 Jun

    Submission of details required by condition 3 (Traffic Management Plan), 4 (Foul Water Drainage) and 5…

    Split DecisionDischarge of conditions22/04045/CONDA
  2. 2022
    12 Sep

    Extension and alterations to create 4no 1bed dwellings.

    This applicationApprovedFull22/04045/FUL

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