40 Barton Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9LF
Approved on 12 October 2026
Council decision: Granted PermissionPlanning committee6 conditions
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Proposal
Change of use for an existing 6-bedroom house in multiple occupation (Use Class C4) into a 7 bed, 7 person large HMO (sui generis use)
- Received
- 19 February 2026
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Council
- Cambridge City Council
- Ward
- Newnham
- ReceivedReceived19 Feb
- ValidatedValidated2 Mar
- Consult.Consultation9 Apr
- TargetTarget Date27 Apr
- DecidedDecided12 Oct
Decided in 224 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at 40 Barton Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9LF. Cambridge has handled 1,534 applications of this type. This one was decided in 235 days, 27 weeks longer than Cambridge's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications 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 9LF
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- District
- Cambridge City Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 2 March 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 11 March 2026
- Last date for comments
- 9 April 2026
- Target decision date
- 27 April 2026
- Committee meeting
- 7 October 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- Bidwells
- Agent address
- Bidwells House Trumpington Road Cambridge CB2 9LD
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 11 March 2026
- Site notice start
- 17 March 2026
Additional information
- Documents
- 38
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: West Cambridge
- Tree Preservation Order: Ref 06/1992Next to the site · +1 more
- 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.
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Associated applications
- 20262 Nov
Submission of details required by condition 3 (Management Plan) of planning permission 26/00641/FUL
PendingDischarge of conditions26/00641/CONDA - 202619 Feb
Change of use for an existing 6-bedroom house in multiple occupation (Use Class C4) into a 7 bed, 7 person…
This applicationApprovedFull26/00641/FUL
Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Cambridge
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