William James House Cowley Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 0WX
Proposal
EIA Screening Opinion under the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 for the Proposed Development comprises the demolition of the existing buildings and the redevelopment of the Site to provide four mid-tech units within flexible commercial Use Classes E(g)(ii), E(g)(iii), B2 and B8, together with associated reception/office accommodation, car and cycle parking, servicing yards, substation, landscaping, Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) including an attenuation basin, and associated infrastructure works.
- Received
- 21 July 2026
- Target decision date
- 11 August 2026
- Council
- Cambridge City Council
- Ward
- East Chesterton
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- ReceivedReceived21 Jul
- ValidatedValidated21 Jul
- Consult.Consultation13 Aug
- TargetTarget Date11 Aug
- DecidedDecided
This is an outline application for demolition at William James House Cowley Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 0WX. Cambridge has handled 275 applications of this type and approves 84% of them, typically deciding them in 52 days. It was submitted on 21 July 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 53 applications across East Chesterton. We hold 1,470 applications in total for the CB4 postcode area.
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Also checked, none recorded (23)
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