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6 Bourne Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 1UF

25/03676/FULFull ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 17 November 2025

Council decision: Refused PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Retrospective application for the change of use from use class C4 (small scale HMO) to sui generis 8 person 8 bed HMO), the retention of a single storey outbuilding for use in association and the change of use of an existing outbuilding for the use in connection with the HMO

Received
22 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
East Chesterton
Agent
AHP Design Ltd
  1. Received22 Sep
  2. Validated22 Sep
  3. Consult.17 Oct
  4. Target17 Nov
  5. Decided17 Nov

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an outbuilding at 6 Bourne Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 1UF. Cambridge has handled 1,534 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days longer than Cambridge's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 54 applications across East Chesterton. We hold 1,501 applications in total for the CB4 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
CB4 1UF
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
District
Cambridge City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 September 2025
Last date for comments
17 October 2025
Target decision date
17 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
AHP Design Ltd
Architect profile
AHP DESIGN LIMITED
Agent address
14 Rosemary House Lanwades Business Park Kentford Newmarket CB87PN

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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.

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