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18 St Barnabas Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 2BY

23/00174/HFULHouseholder Works/ExtensionApproved
Householder

Approved on 19 May 2023

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

New airsource heat pump air handling unit to side elevation of existing property.

Received
16 January 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Petersfield
Agent
Spacecraft Architects Ltd
  1. Received16 Jan
  2. Validated18 Jan
  3. Consult.6 Apr
  4. Target15 Mar
  5. Decided19 May

Decided in 121 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 18 St Barnabas Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 2BY. Cambridge has handled 1,534 applications of this type. This one was decided in 123 days, 11 weeks longer than Cambridge's typical decision time. The site is in the Mill Road conservation area. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 157 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 2BY
Application type
Householder Works/Extension
Scale / size
Small
District
Cambridge City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 January 2023
Consultation expiry
6 April 2023
Consultation start
23 March 2023
Consultation end
6 April 2023
Neighbour consultation end
6 April 2023
Last date for comments
6 April 2023
Target decision date
15 March 2023
Permission expires
19 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Spacecraft Architects Ltd
Architect profile
SPACECRAFT ARCHITECTURE LTD
Agent address
1 Corbett Street Cottenham CB24 8QX

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
15 February 2023
Advertisement expiry
8 March 2023
Site notice start
11 February 2023
Site notice end
4 March 2023

Additional information

Documents
32
Constraints
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Mill Road
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 05/2007Protected tree on or next to this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

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, 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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© 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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Planning history at this site

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    22 Jul

    Erection of single storey garage in rear garden following demolition of existing garden office/store.

    ApprovedHouseholder26/02781/HFUL
  2. 2025
    1 Jul

    Certificate of lawfulness under S192 for the installation of a dropped kerb including the removal of fence to…

    ApprovedLawful Use Certificate (S192)25/02589/CL2PD
  3. 2025
    5 Jun

    S73 to vary condition 2 (Approved plans) of planning permission 24/01628/S73

    WithdrawnVariation of conditions (s73)25/02214/S73
  4. 2023
    3 Nov

    Construction of rear single storey building following demolition of existing garden office/store.

    ApprovedHouseholder23/04195/HFUL
  5. 2023
    22 Mar

    Demolition of existing garden office and store. Construction of a detached 1.5 storey building.

    RefusedHouseholder23/01110/HFUL

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