Newnham College Boathouse Cutter Ferry Lane Cambridge Cambridgeshire
Approved on 18 October 2023
Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Erection of a single storey timber sustainable boathouse to accommodate the rowing boats for Newnham College.
- Received
- 12 May 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Cambridge City Council
- Ward
- West Chesterton
- Agent
- Big Brown Dog Limited
- ReceivedReceived12 May
- ValidatedValidated23 May
- Consult.Consultation11 Oct
- TargetTarget Date18 Jul
- DecidedDecided18 Oct
Decided in 148 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Newnham College Boathouse Cutter Ferry Lane Cambridge Cambridgeshire. Cambridge has handled 1,534 applications of this type. This one was decided in 159 days, 16 weeks longer than Cambridge's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 117 applications across West Chesterton.
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
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- District
- Cambridge City Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 23 May 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 11 October 2023
- Consultation start
- 27 September 2023
- Consultation end
- 11 October 2023
- Neighbour consultation end
- 23 June 2023
- Last date for comments
- 11 October 2023
- Target decision date
- 18 July 2023
- Permission expires
- 18 October 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Big Brown Dog Limited
- Architect profile
- BIG BROWN DOG LIMITED
- Agent address
- The Old Post Office Brookside Dalham Suffolk CB8 8TG
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 7 June 2023
- Advertisement expiry
- 28 June 2023
- Site notice start
- 10 July 2023
- Site notice end
- 31 July 2023
Appeal history
Additional information
- Documents
- 39
- Constraints
- 15
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Conservation area: Riverside
- Tree Preservation Order: Ref 04/1972Protected tree on or next to this site · +1 more
Also checked, none recorded (21)
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Associated applications
- 202312 Dec
Submission of details required by condition 3 (external materials) of planning permission 23/01847/FUL
Discharge Condition in FullDischarge of conditions23/01847/CONDA - 202312 May
Erection of a single storey timber sustainable boathouse to accommodate the rowing boats for Newnham College.
This applicationApprovedFull23/01847/FUL
Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Cambridge
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