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36 Wilberforce Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0EQ

25/04905/HFULHouseholder Works/ExtensionApproved
Householder

Approved on 8 October 2026

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)5 conditions

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

Installation of heating, ventilation, and cooling equipment at the property, comprising three air source heat pumps (one serving the swimming pool and two serving the main dwelling) together with a single air conditioning unit serving the gym and family room. The installation of six ventilation outlets and associated internal plant and mechanical equipment located within the designated plant rooms, together with acoustic screening on the northern elevation. (Retrospective)

Received
18 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Newnham
Agent
Ashworth Parkes Architects
  1. Received18 Dec
  2. Validated12 Jan
  3. Consult.16 Sep
  4. Target9 Mar
  5. Decided8 Oct

Decided in 269 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 36 Wilberforce Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0EQ. Cambridge has handled 1,534 applications of this type. This one was decided in 294 days, 35 weeks longer than Cambridge's typical decision time. The site is in the West Cambridge conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 188 applications across Newnham. We hold 690 applications in total for the CB3 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
CB3 0EQ
Application type
Householder Works/Extension
Scale / size
Small
District
Cambridge City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 January 2026
Consultation expiry
12 August 2026
Last date for comments
16 September 2026
Target decision date
9 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Ashworth Parkes Architects
Architect profile
ASHWORTH PARKES ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address
Unit F Dales Brewery Gwydir Street Cambridge CB1 2LJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
12 August 2026
Site notice start
11 August 2026

Additional information

Documents
74

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: West Cambridge
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 18/2006Protected tree on or next to this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

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, 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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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