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8 Metcalfe Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 2DD

23/03897/HFULHouseholder Works/ExtensionApproved
Householder

Approved on 7 December 2023

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Roof extension including rear dormer and rooflights to the front. Change of roof type and fenestration to existing single storey rear extension.

Received
13 October 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
West Chesterton
  1. Received13 Oct
  2. Validated13 Oct
  3. Consult.17 Nov
  4. Target8 Dec
  5. Decided7 Dec

Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a single storey rear extension at 8 Metcalfe Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 2DD. Cambridge has handled 1,534 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 6 days longer than Cambridge's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application 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 2DD
Application type
Householder Works/Extension
Scale / size
Small
District
Cambridge City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 October 2023
Consultation expiry
29 November 2023
Neighbour consultation end
17 November 2023
Last date for comments
29 November 2023
Target decision date
8 December 2023
Permission expires
7 December 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
8 November 2023
Site notice end
29 November 2023

Additional information

Documents
18
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

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, 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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