Cambridge Retail Park, Unit 11 Coldhams Lane Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 3HB
Refused on 19 June 2026
Council decision: Certificate not GrantedDelegated (officer decision)16 conditions
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Proposal
Certificate of lawfulness under S192 for the use of the premises for uses falling within Class E(a) and Class E(e).
- Received
- 17 April 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Cambridge City Council
- Ward
- Abbey
- ReceivedReceived17 Apr
- ValidatedValidated17 Apr
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date12 Jun
- DecidedDecided19 Jun
Decided in 63 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an outline application at Cambridge Retail Park, Unit 11 Coldhams Lane Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 3HB. Cambridge has handled 279 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 2 weeks longer than Cambridge's typical decision time. 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.
85% of outline 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 3HB
- Application type
- Lawful Use Certificate (S192)
- Scale / size
- Small
- District
- Cambridge City Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 17 April 2026
- Target decision date
- 12 June 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Savills
- Agent address
- 12 Booth Street Belvedere Manchester M2 4AW
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 12
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Tree Preservation Order: Ref 17/2018Protected tree on or next to this site
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)
flood storage areas, conservation 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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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Cambridge
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Consultants on this application
- Savills (UK) Ltd · Agent for this application
- 1.0 miCambridge
- 13.6 miHuntingdon
- 30.8 miBury St Edmunds
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