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34 Abbey Walk Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 2QJ

25/02052/HFULHouseholder Works/ExtensionRefused
Householder

Refused on 19 September 2025

Council decision: Refused PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Single storey rear/side extension and front facing rooflights on existing pitched roof.

Received
23 May 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Petersfield
Agent
Ely Design Group
  1. Received23 May
  2. Validated23 May
  3. Consult.25 Jun
  4. Target18 Jul
  5. Decided19 Sep

Decided in 119 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a side extension at 34 Abbey Walk Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 2QJ. Cambridge has handled 1,534 applications of this type. This one was decided in 119 days, 10 weeks longer than Cambridge's typical decision time. The site is in the Mill Road conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 157 applications across Petersfield. We hold 1,406 applications in total for the CB1 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
CB1 2QJ
Application type
Householder Works/Extension
Scale / size
Small
District
Cambridge City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 May 2025
Consultation expiry
4 June 2025
Last date for comments
25 June 2025
Target decision date
18 July 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Ely Design Group
Agent address
3 Short Road Stretham CB6 3LS

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
4 June 2025
Site notice start
2 June 2025

Additional information

Documents
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Mill Road
  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO 0037 (2022)Protected tree on or next to this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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, 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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