7 Wellington Court Wellington Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 1HZ
Refused on 28 August 2025
Council decision: Prior Approval RefusedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of use from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to 2 No. Dwellinghouses (Use Class C3)
- Received
- 3 July 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Cambridge City Council
- Ward
- Market
- Agent
- Samskara (UK) Ltd
- ReceivedReceived3 Jul
- ValidatedValidated3 Jul
- Consult.Consultation4 Aug
- TargetTarget Date28 Aug
- DecidedDecided28 Aug
Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an outline application for a change of use at 7 Wellington Court Wellington Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 1HZ. Cambridge has handled 279 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 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.
85% of outline 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 1HZ
- Application type
- Prior Approval
- Scale / size
- Small
- District
- Cambridge City Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 3 July 2025
- Last date for comments
- 4 August 2025
- Target decision date
- 28 August 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Samskara (UK) Ltd
- Architect profile
- SAMSKARA (UK) LIMITED
- Agent address
- 41 Hinton Way Great Shelford Cambridge CB22 5AX
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 14 July 2025
Additional information
- Documents
- 39
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)
flood storage areas, conservation 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.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202512 Sep
Change of use from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to 2 No. Dwellinghouses (Use Class C3)
ApprovedPrior Approval25/03565/PRIOR - 202512 Sep
Change of use from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to 2 No. Dwellinghouses (Use Class C3)
ApprovedFull Application25/03567/FUL
Source: Cambridge
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