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73 Newmarket Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB5 8EG

25/03323/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 7 July 2026

Council decision: Granted PermissionPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Mixed use development comprising a ground floor commercial unit (Class E) with 23 en-suite bedsits (HMO) on the upper floors together with communal kitchens, laundry room, associated bike and bin storage and associated infrastructure following demolition of existing buildings.

Received
22 August 2025
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Market
Agent
Carter Jonas LLP
  1. Received22 Aug
  2. Validated22 Sep
  3. Consult.23 Feb
  4. Target17 Nov
  5. Decided7 Jul

Decided in 288 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 73 Newmarket Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB5 8EG. Cambridge has handled 1,534 applications of this type. This one was decided in 319 days, 39 weeks longer than Cambridge's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 207 applications across Market. We hold 537 applications in total for the CB5 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
CB5 8EG
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
District
Cambridge City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 September 2025
Consultation expiry
1 October 2025
Last date for comments
23 February 2026
Target decision date
17 November 2025
Committee meeting
24 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Carter Jonas LLP
Agent address
One Station Square Cambridge CB1 2GA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
1 October 2025
Site notice start
15 October 2025

Additional information

Documents
96

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Riverside
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 32/2014Protected tree on or next to this site
  • Brownfield land register: 73 Newmarket Road Cambridge CB5 8EGRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

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 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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© 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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    31 Jul

    Submission of details required by conditions 3 (traffic management plan),4 (tree protection), 5 (airborne…

    Split DecisionDischarge of conditions25/03323/CONDA
  2. 2025
    22 Aug

    Mixed use development comprising a ground floor commercial unit (Class E) with 23 en-suite bedsits (HMO) on…

    This applicationApprovedFull25/03323/FUL

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