4 Blossom Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 2NQ
Approved on 16 August 2023
Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Loft conversion including rear dormer and front rooflights
- Received
- 23 June 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Cambridge City Council
- Ward
- Petersfield
- Agent
- Ely Design Group
- ReceivedReceived23 Jun
- ValidatedValidated23 Jun
- Consult.Consultation20 Jul
- TargetTarget Date18 Aug
- DecidedDecided16 Aug
Decided in 54 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a loft conversion at 4 Blossom Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 2NQ. Cambridge has handled 1,534 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days, 5 days longer than Cambridge's typical decision time. The site is in the Mill Road conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 156 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 2NQ
- Application type
- Householder Works/Extension
- Scale / size
- Small
- District
- Cambridge City Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 23 June 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 2 August 2023
- Consultation start
- 29 June 2023
- Consultation end
- 20 July 2023
- Neighbour consultation end
- 20 July 2023
- Last date for comments
- 2 August 2023
- Target decision date
- 18 August 2023
- Permission expires
- 16 August 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Ely Design Group
- Agent address
- 3 Short Road Stretham CB6 3LS
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 5 July 2023
- Advertisement expiry
- 26 July 2023
- Site notice start
- 12 July 2023
- Site notice end
- 2 August 2023
Additional information
- Documents
- 15
- Constraints
- 11
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Mill Road
- Tree Preservation Order: Ref 22/1988Protected tree on or next to this site · +1 more
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Cambridge
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