Tesco Cheddars Lane Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB5 8LD

25/02386/S73Section 73 - Remove/Vary ConditionApproved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 8 October 2025

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)10 conditions

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Proposal

S73 to vary conditions 3 and 4 of ref: 16/1035/S73 (Section 73 application to vary condition 20 (deliveries) of permission C/96/1014, approved under appeal decision T/APP/Q0505/A/98/301055, to extend delivery hours to 0600 and 2300 on Mondays to Saturdays (including Bank and Public Holidays) and 0900 and 1900 on Sundays) to read: 3. The approved retail floorspace shall not sell predominantly comparison goods and 4: The gross floorspace of the retail unit shall be no more than 7,726 sqm. With the exception of a mezzanine floor of 609 sqm, no additional retail space shall be provided by the creation of external sales areas or the construction of further mezzanine floors within the retail unit.

Received: 18 June 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Cambridge City Council
Ward: Abbey
Agent: Contour Planning Services Limited

ReceivedReceived18 Jun
ValidatedValidated18 Jun
Consult.Consultation4 Aug
TargetTarget Date17 Sep
DecidedDecided8 Oct

Decided in 112 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to vary a condition at Tesco Cheddars Lane Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB5 8LD. Cambridge has handled 1,195 applications of this type. This one was decided in 112 days, 9 weeks longer than Cambridge's typical decision time. There have been 9 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 131 applications across Abbey. We hold 537 applications in total for the CB5 postcode area.

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

Postcode: CB5 8LD
Application type: Section 73 - Remove/Vary Condition
Scale / size: Medium
District: Cambridge City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 18 June 2025
Consultation expiry: 9 July 2025
Last date for comments: 4 August 2025
Target decision date: 17 September 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent: Contour Planning Services Limited
Agent address: Unit 42 Thrales End Farm Thrales End Road Harpenden Herts AL5 3NS

Planning decision

Statutory period: 91 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 9 July 2025
Site notice start: 14 July 2025

Additional information

Documents: 18

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: RiversidePart of the site
Listed building: Grade II: Cambridge Gas Company War MemorialOn this site · +1 more
Article 4 direction: The Wrestlers Public HouseNext to the site
Tree Preservation Order: Ref 44/2018Protected tree on or next to this site
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, 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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18 Jun
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This applicationApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)25/02386/S73

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