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5 Elizabeth Way Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 1DE

24/01702/CLUEDLawful Development Cert (s191)Approved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 26 June 2024

Council decision: Certificate GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness under S191 for the continuous use a large HMO.

Received
1 May 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
West Chesterton
  1. Received1 May
  2. Validated1 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target26 Jun
  5. Decided26 Jun

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 5 Elizabeth Way Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 1DE. Cambridge has handled 195 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 De Freville conservation area. 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 amendment 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 1DE
Application type
Lawful Development Cert (s191)
Scale / size
Small
District
Cambridge City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 May 2024
Target decision date
26 June 2024
Permission expires
26 June 2029

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
12
Constraints
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: De Freville
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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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