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34 Wilberforce Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0EQ

26/01133/TELNOTTelecommunications Notifications (Reg 5)Approved
Prior approval

Approved on 9 April 2026

Council decision: Telecommunication Notification LodgedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Installation of 1no 9m light wooden pole

Received
23 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Newnham
  1. Received23 Mar
  2. Validated23 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target19 Apr
  5. Decided9 Apr

Decided in 17 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a telecoms application at 34 Wilberforce Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0EQ. Cambridge has handled 61 applications of this type. This one was decided in 17 days, 5 weeks quicker 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.

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
CB3 0EQ
Application type
Telecommunications Notifications (Reg 5)
Scale / size
Small
District
Cambridge City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 March 2026
Target decision date
19 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Openreach
Agent address
6 Gracechurch Street London EC3V 0AT

Planning decision

Statutory period
27 days

Additional information

Documents
7

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

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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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