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69 And 73 River Lane Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB5 8HP

23/00265/HFULHouseholder Works/ExtensionApproved
Householder

Approved on 17 March 2023

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Part single storey at rear with green roof, part two storey rear and side extension and two pitched dormer extension (Resubmission of 22/04205/HFUL).

Received
24 January 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Abbey
Agent
AC Architects Cambridge Ltd
  1. Received24 Jan
  2. Validated24 Jan
  3. Consult.22 Feb
  4. Target21 Mar
  5. Decided17 Mar

Decided in 52 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a dormer extension at 69 And 73 River Lane Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB5 8HP. Cambridge has handled 1,534 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 3 days longer than Cambridge's typical decision time. The site is in the Riverside and Stourbridge Common conservation area. 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 8HP
Application type
Householder Works/Extension
Scale / size
Small
District
Cambridge City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 January 2023
Consultation expiry
13 March 2023
Neighbour consultation end
22 February 2023
Last date for comments
13 March 2023
Target decision date
21 March 2023
Permission expires
17 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
AC Architects Cambridge Ltd
Architect profile
AC ARCHITECTS CAMBRIDGE LIMITED
Agent address
33 - 35 Victoria Road Cambridge CB4 3BW

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
1 February 2023
Advertisement expiry
22 February 2023
Site notice start
20 February 2023
Site notice end
13 March 2023

Additional information

Documents
24
Constraints
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Riverside
  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO/23/2023Protected 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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Associated applications

  1. 2023
    24 Jan

    Part single storey at rear with green roof, part two storey rear and side extension and two pitched dormer…

    This applicationApprovedFull23/00265/HFUL
  2. 2022
    26 Sep

    Part single storey to rear with green roof, part two storey extension to rear and side, and two pitched…

    ApprovedHouseholderPart of22/04205/HFUL

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