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Chesterton Community College Gilbert Road Cambridge CB4 3NY

C/5003/17/CCFull Application Regulation 3Approved
Full

Approved on 19 December 2017

Council decision: ApprovePlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Expansion of Chesterton Community College from a six form entry secondary school (900 pupils) to an eight form entry secondary school (1,200 pupils), including partial demolition and erection of part one and part two storey extension to include a new main Entrance / Reception, a large Main Hall, a Dining Hall, a Kitchen, new teaching rooms, circulation space, WCs and Storage Facilities; extension to existing car park; the provision of new cycle parking; hard and soft landscaping; general building refurbishment; removal of a gas meter; and improvements to the access road with internal pedestrian crossing points.

Received
15 August 2017
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Castle
Agent
Wyg Planning
  1. Received15 Aug
  2. Validated14 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target9 Oct
  5. Decided19 Dec

Decided in 127 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Chesterton Community College Gilbert Road Cambridge CB4 3NY. Cambridgeshire has handled 83 applications of this type. This one was decided in 127 days, 11 weeks longer than Cambridgeshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,502 applications in total for the CB4 postcode area.

100% of all applications at Cambridgeshire County Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
CB4 3NY
Application type
Full Application Regulation 3
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Cambridge (Non Parished Area)
District
CBRG

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 August 2017
Target decision date
9 October 2017

Applicant and agent

Agent
Wyg Planning
Agent address
100 St John Street London EC1M 4EH

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
75

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Castle And Victoria RoadPart of the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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

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© 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.

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Source: Cambridgeshire

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