26 Riverside Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB5 8HL
Approved on 7 December 2023
Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Single storey ground floor side extension, first floor side extension, rooflight and green roof to existing flat roof, rooflight to front-facing roof slope to loft.
- Received
- 12 October 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Cambridge City Council
- Ward
- Abbey
- Agent
- MKE Architecture
- ReceivedReceived12 Oct
- ValidatedValidated12 Oct
- Consult.Consultation13 Nov
- TargetTarget Date7 Dec
- DecidedDecided7 Dec
Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a side extension at 26 Riverside Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB5 8HL. Cambridge has handled 1,534 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days longer than Cambridge's typical decision time. The site is in the Riverside and Stourbridge Common conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 131 applications across Abbey. We hold 537 applications in total for the CB5 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
- CB5 8HL
- Application type
- Householder Works/Extension
- Scale / size
- Small
- District
- Cambridge City Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 12 October 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 22 November 2023
- Consultation start
- 23 October 2023
- Consultation end
- 13 November 2023
- Neighbour consultation end
- 13 November 2023
- Last date for comments
- 22 November 2023
- Target decision date
- 7 December 2023
- Permission expires
- 7 December 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- MKE Architecture
- Architect profile
- MKE ARCHITECTURE LTD
- Agent address
- 22 Station Road Fulbourn Cambridge CB21 5ES
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 1 November 2023
- Advertisement expiry
- 22 November 2023
- Site notice start
- 25 October 2023
- Site notice end
- 15 November 2023
Additional information
- Documents
- 17
- Constraints
- 14
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
Also checked, none recorded (23)
flood storage 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, 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.
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