69 - 71, 69A And 71A Lensfield Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1EN
Approved on 22 September 2026
Council decision: Granted Permission6 conditions
Proposal
Alterations to the upper floors (Use Class C3 flats) including raising the roof of the existing 1.5-storey lean to rear extension and the installation of an automatic opening vent (AOV) within the pitched roof slope facing Lensfield Road.
- Received
- 20 July 2026
- Public comments
- 0 · last counted 4 October 2026
- Council
- Cambridge City Council
- ReceivedReceived20 Jul
- ValidatedValidated20 Jul
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date23 Sep
- DecidedDecided22 Sep
Decided in 64 days
About this application
This is a planning application for a rear extension at 69 - 71, 69A And 71A Lensfield Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1EN. Cambridge has handled 5,240 applications of this type. This one was decided in 64 days, 2 weeks longer than Cambridge's typical decision time. The site is in the New Town and Glisson Road conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 680 applications in total for the CB2 postcode area.
Application details
- Postcode
- CB2 1EN
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 20 July 2026
- Target decision date
- 23 September 2026
Additional information
- Documents
- 25
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: New Town And Glisson Road
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)
flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
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