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Premier Inn 1 Coldhams Lane Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 3EP

25/04328/TELNOTTelecommunications Notifications (Reg 5)Approved
Prior approval

Approved on 2 December 2025

Council decision: Telecommunication Notification LodgedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Installation of 3no support frames (total height 6.4m, exceeds highest part of building by 4.7m) each supporting 4no antennas (12no total) along with installation of 3no 0.3m dishes, 4no equipment cabinets and associated ancillary development at roof level of 20.7m high building.

Received
5 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Abbey
Agent
WHP Telecoms Ltd
  1. Received5 Nov
  2. Validated5 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target2 Dec
  5. Decided2 Dec

Decided in 27 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a telecoms application at Premier Inn 1 Coldhams Lane Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 3EP. Cambridge has handled 61 applications of this type. This one was decided in 27 days, 3 weeks quicker than Cambridge's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 131 applications across Abbey. We hold 1,406 applications in total for the CB1 postcode area.

100% of telecoms 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 3EP
Application type
Telecommunications Notifications (Reg 5)
Scale / size
Small
District
Cambridge City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 November 2025
Target decision date
2 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
WHP Telecoms Ltd
Agent address
401 Faraday Street Birchwood Park Warrington Cheshire WA3 6GA

Planning decision

Statutory period
27 days

Additional information

Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: 212-214 Newmarket Road Cambridge CB5 8JLRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

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 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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© 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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