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50 Hills Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1LA

26/03301/PRIORPrior ApprovalApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 20 October 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval GivenDelegated (officer decision)5 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of the first floor and loft space from Class E (commercial, business and service) to a single dwellinghouse within Class C3(a).

Received
1 September 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Market
Agent
SA DESIGN CONSULATNTS LTD
  1. Received1 Sep
  2. Validated1 Sep
  3. Consult.7 Oct
  4. Target27 Oct
  5. Decided20 Oct

Decided in 49 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 50 Hills Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1LA. Cambridge has handled 279 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days. The site is in the New Town and Glisson Road conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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.

85% of outline 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 1LA
Application type
Prior Approval
Scale / size
Small
District
Cambridge City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 September 2026
Last date for comments
7 October 2026
Target decision date
27 October 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
SA DESIGN CONSULATNTS LTD
Agent address
61 St Lawrence Avenue Luton LU3 1QS Gb

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
16 September 2026

Additional information

Documents
21

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
  • Brownfield land register: 23 And 25, Hills Road, CAMBRIDGE, CB2 1NWRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

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 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.

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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