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5 Fitzroy Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 1ER

24/04756/ADVAdvert ConsentApproved
Advertisement consent

Approved on 12 February 2025

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Installation of 1no internally illuminated fascia sign and 1no internally illuminated projecting sign.

Received
19 December 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Market
Agent
Zillwoods Ltd
  1. Received19 Dec
  2. Validated19 Dec
  3. Consult.16 Jan
  4. Target13 Feb
  5. Decided12 Feb

Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an advertising consent application at 5 Fitzroy Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 1ER. Cambridge has handled 112 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 6 days longer than Cambridge's typical decision time. The site is in 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 207 applications across Market. We hold 1,406 applications in total for the CB1 postcode area.

80% of advertising 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
CB1 1ER
Application type
Advert Consent
Scale / size
Small
District
Cambridge City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 December 2024
Last date for comments
16 January 2025
Target decision date
13 February 2025
Permission expires
12 February 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Zillwoods Ltd
Agent address
Zillwoods House Second Avenue Southampton SO15 0LP

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: KitePart of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: 17, Fitzroy StreetOn or next to this site
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 03/1994Protected tree on or next to this site · +1 more
  • Brownfield land register: 64-68, Newmarket Road, CAMBRIDGE, CB5 8DZRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, 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 and heritage coasts.

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

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