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Canterbury Cottage 50A Canterbury Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 3QF

24/01871/HFULHouseholder Works/ExtensionApproved
Householder

Approved on 5 August 2024

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Raising of roof including ridge of existing single storey cottage, moving of boundary garden fence to increase the curtilage of the dwelling and the addition of solar PV panels to front elevation. (Resubmission of 24/00831/HFUL).

Received
16 May 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Castle
Agent
Digio Design and Construction
  1. Received16 May
  2. Validated10 Jun
  3. Consult.10 Jul
  4. Target5 Aug
  5. Decided5 Aug

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Canterbury Cottage 50A Canterbury Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 3QF. Cambridge has handled 1,534 applications of this type. This one was decided in 81 days, 5 weeks longer than Cambridge's typical decision time. The site is in the Castle and Victoria Road conservation area. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 119 applications across Castle. 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 3QF
Application type
Householder Works/Extension
Scale / size
Small
District
Cambridge City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 June 2024
Consultation expiry
19 June 2024
Last date for comments
10 July 2024
Target decision date
5 August 2024
Permission expires
5 August 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
Digio Design and Construction
Agent address
45A Wood End Bluntisham Huntingdon PE28 3LE

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
19 June 2024
Site notice start
17 June 2024

Additional information

Documents
19
Constraints
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Castle And Victoria Road
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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.

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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Associated applications

  1. 2024
    16 May

    Raising of roof including ridge of existing single storey cottage, moving of boundary garden fence to…

    This applicationApprovedFull24/01871/HFUL
  2. 2024
    6 Mar

    Extension to and raising of ridge of existing single storey cottage to create Basement and Mezzanine floor…

    RefusedHouseholderPart of24/00831/HFUL

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