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Beehive Centre Coldhams Lane Cambridge CB1 3ET Cambridgeshire

23/03204/OUTOutline ApplicationAwaiting decision
Outline / PiP
Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Outline application (with all matters reserved) for the demolition of existing buildings and structures and redevelopment of the site for a new local centre (E (a-f), F1(b-f), F2(b,d)), open space and employment (office and laboratory) floorspace (E(g)(i)(ii) to the ground floor and employment floorspace (office and laboratory) (E(g)(i)(ii) to the upper floors, along with supporting infrastructure, including pedestrian and cycle routes, vehicular access, car and cycle parking, servicing areas, landscaping and utilities. (The Development is the subject of an Environmental Impact Assessment)

Received
18 August 2023
Decision due
8 December 2023
Ward
Abbey
  1. Received18 Aug
  2. Validated18 Aug
  3. Consult.7 Dec
  4. Target8 Dec
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 7 December.

Comment on the council's siteDocuments (637)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at Beehive Centre Coldhams Lane Cambridge CB1 3ET Cambridgeshire. Cambridge has handled 279 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 18 August 2023 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 131 applications across Abbey. We hold 1,406 applications in total for the CB1 postcode area.

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

Postcode
CB1 3ET
Application type
Outline Application
Scale / size
Large
District
Cambridge City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 August 2023
Consultation expiry
25 September 2024
Consultation start
16 November 2023
Consultation end
7 December 2023
Neighbour consultation end
23 September 2023
Last date for comments
11 February 2025
Committee meeting
12 February 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Bidwells
Agent address
Bidwell House Trumpington Road Cambridge CB2 9LD

Planning decision

Statutory period
112 days

Publicity

Last advertised
25 September 2024
Advertisement expiry
29 September 2023
Site notice start
26 September 2024
Site notice end
30 September 2023

Appeal

Appeal reference
25/00009/CALLED
Appeal status
Awaiting decision

Appeal history

3360616
Allowed
Type: Called In Planning ApplicationProcedure: InquiryDecision: 9 September 2025Dev Type: Major retail and services

Additional information

Documents
637
Constraints
25

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Mill RoadNext to the site
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 18/2018Protected tree on or next to this site
  • 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.

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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