Grafton Centre Fitzroy Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire

23/01143/SCREEIA Screening OpinionApproved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 1 September 2023

Council decision: EIA Screening Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

EIA Screening Opinion under the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 for the: i) Demolition of 11-12 Burleigh Street and Abbeygate House, ii) part demolition and alterations to the Grafton Centre, removal of existing facades, erection of new floorspace for life science use, new and replacement façades and shopfronts, provision of terraces at fourth floor level, installation of plant and enclosures, iii) redevelopment of existing bus turning head and redundant service area to provide new hotel and leisure quarter, iv) new pedestrian access route from Christchurch Street to Burleigh Street, provision of cycle parking spaces, public realm and landscape improvements, v) highway works to East Road providing new bus stops, pedestrian and cycle routes and vi) other associated works.

Received: 21 March 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Cambridge City Council
Ward: Market

ReceivedReceived21 Mar
ValidatedValidated21 Mar
Consult.Consultation22 Aug
TargetTarget Date11 Apr
DecidedDecided1 Sep

Decided in 164 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at Grafton Centre Fitzroy Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire. Cambridge has handled 279 applications of this type. This one was decided in 164 days, 16 weeks longer than Cambridge's typical decision time. There have been 13 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 207 applications across Market.

85% of outline 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

Application type: EIA Screening Opinion
Scale / size: Medium
District: Cambridge City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 21 March 2023
Consultation expiry: 22 August 2023
Consultation start: 1 August 2023
Consultation end: 22 August 2023
Last date for comments: 22 August 2023
Target decision date: 11 April 2023
Permission expires: 1 September 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Bidwell House Trumpington Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 9LD

Planning decision

Statutory period: 21 days

Additional information

Documents: 44
Constraints: 20

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: KitePart of the site
Listed building: Grade II: 17, Fitzroy StreetOn or next to this site
Tree Preservation Order: Ref 03/1994Protected tree on or next to this site · +1 more
Brownfield land register: 64-68, Newmarket Road, CAMBRIDGE, CB5 8DZRegister site at or near this address
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, 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 and heritage coasts.

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