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Mayflower House Manhattan Drive Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 1JT

23/02127/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 6 September 2024

Council decision: Granted PermissionPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of (i) 8 no. flats (4 no. studios, 2 no. one bed & 2 no. two bed flats) on the eighth floor on Mayflower House with removal of Electronic Communications Apparatus on the roof (ii) bin-store for proposed flats occupying one existing car parking bay (iii) bespoke structure to cover 20 no. existing cycle bays (iv) structures to cover 32 no. additional cycle bays.

Received
2 June 2023
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
West Chesterton
Agent
4D Studio Architects
  1. Received2 Jun
  2. Validated6 Jun
  3. Consult.13 Nov
  4. Target1 Aug
  5. Decided6 Sep

Decided in 458 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Mayflower House Manhattan Drive Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 1JT. Cambridge has handled 1,534 applications of this type. This one was decided in 462 days, 59 weeks longer than Cambridge's typical decision time. There have been 7 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 117 applications across West Chesterton. We hold 1,501 applications in total for the CB4 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
CB4 1JT
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Large
District
Cambridge City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 June 2023
Consultation expiry
13 November 2023
Consultation start
23 October 2023
Consultation end
13 November 2023
Neighbour consultation end
30 June 2023
Last date for comments
12 July 2024
Target decision date
1 August 2023
Committee meeting
4 September 2024
Permission expires
6 September 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
4D Studio Architects
Agent address
Bedford House Fulham Green 69-79 Fulham High Street London SW6 3JW

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
14 June 2023
Advertisement expiry
5 July 2023
Site notice start
10 July 2023
Site notice end
31 July 2023

Appeal

Appeal reference
25/00015/CONDIT
Appeal status
Appeal decided
Appeal result
Appeal Allowed

Appeal history

3361641
Allowed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 3 September 2025Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: Appeal Against Conditions

Additional information

Documents
138
Constraints
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: De FrevillePart of the site
  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO/31/2023Protected tree on or next to this site
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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© 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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