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159 Vinery Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 3DW

23/01014/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 10 August 2023

Council decision: Granted PermissionPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of an existing dwelling and outbuilding, and the construction of 3no. four bedroom houses and 1no. five bedroom house, with associated external works, including a new dropped kerb road access, and bicycle, refuse and recycling stores

Received
15 March 2023
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Romsey
Agent
Chantry Architects Limited
  1. Received15 Mar
  2. Validated16 Mar
  3. Consult.14 Apr
  4. Target11 May
  5. Decided10 Aug

Decided in 147 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 159 Vinery Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 3DW. Cambridge has handled 1,534 applications of this type. This one was decided in 148 days, 14 weeks longer than Cambridge's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 102 applications across Romsey. 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 3DW
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
District
Cambridge City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 March 2023
Consultation expiry
2 May 2023
Consultation start
22 March 2023
Consultation end
14 April 2023
Neighbour consultation end
14 April 2023
Last date for comments
2 May 2023
Target decision date
11 May 2023
Committee meeting
2 August 2023
Permission expires
10 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Chantry Architects Limited
Agent address
Chantry Cottage 4 Watling Street St.albans AL1 2PT

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
11 April 2023
Site notice end
2 May 2023

Appeal history

3344839
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 3 February 2025Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: Failure
3345580
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 9 December 2024Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: Refusal
3338347
Allowed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 17 July 2024Dev Type: Change of useReason: Refusal

Additional information

Documents
36
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

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