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98 Sedgwick Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 3AL

25/04667/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 22 April 2026

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from residential to a 5 bed, 5 person HMO, together with a single storey rear extension and internal replan

Received
2 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Romsey
  1. Received2 Dec
  2. Validated15 Dec
  3. Consult.25 Mar
  4. Target9 Feb
  5. Decided22 Apr

Decided in 128 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a single storey rear extension at 98 Sedgwick Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 3AL. Cambridge has handled 1,534 applications of this type. This one was decided in 141 days, 13 weeks longer than Cambridge's typical decision time. The site is in 6 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 102 applications across Romsey. We hold 1,406 applications in total for the CB1 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
CB1 3AL
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
District
Cambridge City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 December 2025
Consultation expiry
23 December 2025
Last date for comments
25 March 2026
Target decision date
9 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Wheatcroft Chapel Road Langham Colchester CO45NY

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
23 December 2025
Site notice start
2 March 2026

Additional information

Documents
31

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Mill Road
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage 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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© 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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