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Unit 11A Cambridge Retail Park Newmarket Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB5 8WR

26/01952/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 5 August 2026

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)11 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

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

Change of use of restaurant from Class E to sui generis (restaurant/takeaway). Alterations to elevations, inclusive of a rear extension and new HVAC equipment, with associated works.

Received
26 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Abbey
Agent
Planware Limited
  1. Received26 May
  2. Validated26 May
  3. Consult.29 Jul
  4. Target21 Jul
  5. Decided5 Aug

Decided in 71 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a rear extension at Unit 11A Cambridge Retail Park Newmarket Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB5 8WR. Cambridge has handled 1,534 applications of this type. This one was decided in 71 days, 3 weeks longer than Cambridge's typical decision time. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 131 applications across Abbey. We hold 537 applications in total for the CB5 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
CB5 8WR
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
District
Cambridge City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 May 2026
Last date for comments
29 July 2026
Target decision date
21 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Planware Limited
Architect profile
PLANWARE LIMITED
Agent address
St Andrews Castle 33 St Andrews Street South Bury St Edmunds IP33 3PH

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
19 June 2026

Additional information

Documents
35

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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  4. 2026
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  5. 2026
    26 May

    Change of use of restaurant from Class E to sui generis (restaurant/takeaway). Alterations to elevations…

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