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52 Kingston Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 2NU

26/03355/PRIORPrior ApprovalApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 20 October 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval GivenDelegated (officer decision)2 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of commercial premises (Class E) to residential (Class C3)

Received
2 September 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Petersfield
Agent
NP Architects
  1. Received2 Sep
  2. Validated2 Sep
  3. Consult.7 Oct
  4. Target28 Oct
  5. Decided20 Oct

Decided in 48 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 52 Kingston Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 2NU. Cambridge has handled 279 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days. The site is in the Mill Road conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 157 applications across Petersfield. We hold 1,406 applications in total for the CB1 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
CB1 2NU
Application type
Prior Approval
Scale / size
Small
District
Cambridge City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 September 2026
Last date for comments
7 October 2026
Target decision date
28 October 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
NP Architects
Agent address
96 King Street Cambridge CB1 1LN

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
16 September 2026

Additional information

Documents
25

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Mill 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

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© 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.

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