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Botanic House 98 - 100 Hills Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1JZ

26/03022/ADVAdvert ConsentApproved
Advertisement consent

Approved on 8 October 2026

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)7 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Installation of 3no vinyl signs on the inside of Botanic House.

Received
10 August 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Petersfield
  1. Received10 Aug
  2. Validated14 Aug
  3. Consult.8 Sep
  4. Target9 Oct
  5. Decided8 Oct

Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an advertising consent application at Botanic House 98 - 100 Hills Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1JZ. Cambridge has handled 112 applications of this type. This one was decided in 59 days, 10 days longer than Cambridge's typical decision time. The site is in the New Town and Glisson Road conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 157 applications across Petersfield. We hold 680 applications in total for the CB2 postcode area.

80% of advertising 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 1JZ
Application type
Advert Consent
Scale / size
Small
District
Cambridge City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 August 2026
Last date for comments
8 September 2026
Target decision date
9 October 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Bidwells
Agent address
Bidwell House Trumpington Road Trumpington Choose County CB2 9LD

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
15

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: Milestone Outside 100 Hills RoadOn or next to this site
  • Brownfield land register: Betjeman House Broadcasting House Botanic House and Public Houses at 106 -108, Hills Road…Register site at or near this address · +1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, 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 and heritage coasts.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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