8 St Matthews Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 2LT
Approved on 12 June 2023
Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Loft conversion with rear facing dormer.
- Received
- 24 March 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Cambridge City Council
- Ward
- Petersfield
- Agent
- C R Barnes Limited
- ReceivedReceived24 Mar
- ValidatedValidated24 Mar
- Consult.Consultation8 Jun
- TargetTarget Date19 May
- DecidedDecided12 Jun
Decided in 80 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a loft conversion at 8 St Matthews Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 2LT. Cambridge has handled 1,534 applications of this type. This one was decided in 80 days, 4 weeks longer than Cambridge's typical decision time. The site is in the Mill Road conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded 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 2LT
- Application type
- Householder Works/Extension
- Scale / size
- Small
- District
- Cambridge City Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 24 March 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 8 June 2023
- Neighbour consultation end
- 8 June 2023
- Last date for comments
- 8 June 2023
- Target decision date
- 19 May 2023
- Permission expires
- 12 June 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- C R Barnes Limited
- Agent address
- The Office 31 Gibraltar Lane Swavesey CB24 4RR
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 5 April 2023
- Advertisement expiry
- 28 April 2023
- Site notice start
- 18 April 2023
- Site notice end
- 11 May 2023
Additional information
- Documents
- 41
- Constraints
- 12
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Mill Road
- 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.
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