Public Toilet Silver Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire
Approved on 6 March 2024
Council decision: Granted PermissionPlanning committee
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Proposal
S19 to vary condition 2 (approved drawings) of ref: 19/1350/LBC (Refurbishment of existing basement toilets and associated works to include the provision of a new guard rail to the basement stairs, and the erection of a replacement wheelchair accessible WC and kiosk (following demolition of the existing wheelchair accessible WC structure) to move the building by 0.9m to avoid clashing with an existing pipe.
- Received
- 13 October 2023
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Council
- Cambridge City Council
- Ward
- Newnham
- ReceivedReceived13 Oct
- ValidatedValidated13 Oct
- Consult.Consultation20 Nov
- TargetTarget Date8 Dec
- DecidedDecided6 Mar
Decided in 145 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an application to vary a condition at Public Toilet Silver Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire. Cambridge has handled 1,195 applications of this type. This one was decided in 145 days, 14 weeks longer than Cambridge's typical decision time. The site is in the Central conservation area, with 8 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 188 applications across Newnham.
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
- Application type
- Section 19 - Remove/Vary Condition (LB)
- Scale / size
- Small
- District
- Cambridge City Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 13 October 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 29 November 2023
- Consultation start
- 30 October 2023
- Consultation end
- 20 November 2023
- Neighbour consultation end
- 20 November 2023
- Last date for comments
- 29 November 2023
- Target decision date
- 8 December 2023
- Committee meeting
- 7 February 2024
- Permission expires
- 6 March 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Gort Scott
- Architect profile
- GORT SCOTT LIMITED
- Agent address
- 55 Leroy Street London SE1 4SN
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 8 November 2023
- Advertisement expiry
- 29 November 2023
Additional information
- Documents
- 41
- Constraints
- 19
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Conservation area: Historic Core
- Green belt: CambridgePart of the site
Also checked, none recorded (21)
flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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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