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185-189 Newmarket Road And 1 Godesdone Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB5 8HA

22/04356/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 5 May 2023

Council decision: Granted PermissionPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conversion and extensions to the existing buildings including demolition of the existing block to the rear of 1 Godesdone Road to deliver a mixed use development comprising a ground floor retail space and 12 1xbed residential units (net increase 9) to the rear and above along with cycle parking and associated infrastructure.

Received
4 October 2022
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Abbey
Agent
Carter Jonas LLP
  1. Received4 Oct
  2. Validated4 Oct
  3. Consult.19 Apr
  4. Target3 Jan
  5. Decided5 May

Decided in 213 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 185-189 Newmarket Road And 1 Godesdone Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB5 8HA. Cambridge has handled 1,534 applications of this type. This one was decided in 213 days, 23 weeks longer than Cambridge's typical decision time. The site is in the Riverside and Stourbridge Common conservation area. There has been 1 other application 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
Medium
District
Cambridge City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 October 2022
Consultation expiry
19 April 2023
Consultation start
3 April 2023
Consultation end
19 April 2023
Neighbour consultation end
7 March 2023
Last date for comments
19 April 2023
Target decision date
3 January 2023
Committee meeting
26 April 2023
Permission expires
5 May 2026

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
22 February 2023
Advertisement expiry
15 March 2023
Site notice start
24 February 2023
Site notice end
17 March 2023

Additional information

Documents
57
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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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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    4 Oct

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