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50 Burleigh Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 1DJ

23/03317/S73Section 73 - Remove/Vary ConditionRefused
Discharge / amendments

Refused on 22 February 2024

Council decision: Refused PermissionPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

S73 to vary conditions 2 (External Area) and 3 (Hours of operation) of planning permission 18/1491/S73 (Section 73 application to vary condition 4 of permission APP/Q0505/A/07/2052528 (Change of use from retail to Adult Amusement Centre) to extend the opening hours until 11pm Monday to Saturday and until 8pm on Sunday) to vary condition 3 to allow the premises to operate from 9am to 2am on Monday to Saturday and from 11am to 2am on Sunday and to vary condition 2 to restrict the use of the rear of the premises from 8pm to 2am Monday to Sunday, noting that this outdoor space is not in use past 8pm

Received
29 August 2023
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Market
  1. Received29 Aug
  2. Validated29 Aug
  3. Consult.12 Jan
  4. Target24 Oct
  5. Decided22 Feb

Decided in 177 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to vary a condition at 50 Burleigh Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 1DJ. Cambridge has handled 1,195 applications of this type. This one was decided in 177 days, 18 weeks longer than Cambridge's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 207 applications across Market. We hold 1,406 applications in total for the CB1 postcode area.

97% of conditions 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 1DJ
Application type
Section 73 - Remove/Vary Condition
Scale / size
Small
District
Cambridge City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 August 2023
Consultation expiry
12 January 2024
Consultation start
19 December 2023
Consultation end
12 January 2024
Neighbour consultation end
26 September 2023
Last date for comments
12 January 2024
Target decision date
24 October 2023
Committee meeting
7 February 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Lichfields
Agent address
The Minster Building 21 Mincing Lane London EC3R 7AG

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
7 September 2023
Site notice end
28 September 2023

Appeal

Appeal reference
24/00034/REFUSL
Appeal status
Appeal decided
Appeal result
Appeal Allowed

Appeal history

3344052
Allowed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 23 September 2024Dev Type: Minor retail and servicesReason: Appeal Against Conditions

Additional information

Documents
38
Constraints
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: Land Rear Of Gibson House Paradise Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 1DJRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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.

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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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