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69 - 71, 69A And 71A Lensfield Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1EN

26/02723/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 22 September 2026

Council decision: Granted Permission7 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Replacement shopfront, rear extensions and alterations to the ground floor (Use Class E commercial).

Received
20 July 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 4 October 2026
Ward
Market
Agent
NP Architects
  1. Received20 Jul
  2. Validated20 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target23 Sep
  5. Decided22 Sep

Decided in 64 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at 69 - 71, 69A And 71A Lensfield Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1EN. Cambridge has handled 1,534 applications of this type. This one was decided in 64 days, 2 weeks longer than Cambridge's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 207 applications across Market. We hold 680 applications in total for the CB2 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
CB2 1EN
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
District
Cambridge City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 July 2026
Target decision date
23 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
NP Architects
Agent address
96 King Street Cambridge CB1 1LN

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
24

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: New Town And Glisson Road
  • Listed building: Grade II: Railings Round Hobson'S ConduitOn or next to this site
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 16/1992Protected tree on or next to this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, 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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© 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    28 Sep

    S73 to vary condition 4 of ref: 26/02723/FUL

    PendingVariation of conditions (s73)26/03671/S73
  2. 2026
    20 Jul

    Replacement shopfront, rear extensions and alterations to the ground floor (Use Class E commercial).

    This applicationApprovedFull26/02723/FUL
  3. 2026
    20 Jul

    Alterations to the upper floors (Use Class C3 flats) including raising the roof of the existing 1.5-storey…

    ApprovedApplicationFiled alongside26/02725/FUL

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