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142 Tenison Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 2DP

26/02960/FULFull ApplicationAwaiting decision
Full
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of use of part of the existing hotel building at 142 Tenison Road from Hotel (Use Class C1) to Education (Use Class F1(a)), together with limited internal alterations, secure cycle parking and refuse storage.

Received
5 August 2026
Decision due
30 September 2026
Ward
Petersfield
Agent
Advance Architecture
  1. Received5 Aug
  2. Validated5 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target30 Sep
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 142 Tenison Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 2DP. Cambridge has handled 1,534 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 5 August 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the New Town and Glisson Road conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 156 applications across Petersfield. We hold 1,406 applications in total for the CB1 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
CB1 2DP
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
-
District
Cambridge City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Advance Architecture
Agent address
352 Green Lanes Palmers Green London N13 5TJ

Planning decision

Case officer
Dominic Bush
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
23

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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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