54-62 Dukes Court Newmarket Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB5 8DZ

25/03977/PRIORPrior ApprovalWithdrawn

Outline / PiP

Withdrawn on 8 December 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Change of use from commercial, business and service (Use Class E) to 29no. apartments (15no 1bed and 14no 2bed) (Use Class C3).

Received: 13 October 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Cambridge City Council
Ward: Market
Agent: Carter Jonas LLP

ReceivedReceived13 Oct
ValidatedValidated13 Oct
Consult.Consultation12 Nov
TargetTarget Date8 Dec
DecidedDecided8 Dec

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 54-62 Dukes Court Newmarket Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB5 8DZ. Cambridge has handled 279 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 56 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 5 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.

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: CB5 8DZ
Application type: Prior Approval
Scale / size: Medium
Number of dwellings: 29
District: Cambridge City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 13 October 2025
Last date for comments: 12 November 2025
Target decision date: 8 December 2025

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Site notice start: 22 October 2025

Additional information

Documents: 33

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Tree Preservation Order: Ref 03/1994Protected tree on or next to this site
Brownfield land register: 64-68, Newmarket Road, CAMBRIDGE, CB5 8DZRegister site at or near this address
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

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5 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Cambridge

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