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1-3 Church Street Peterborough PE1 1XB

26/002223/FULPlanning Application (Full)Approved
Full

Approved on 17 July 2026

Council decision: PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use, extension of upper floors and infilling of undercroft to create 104 Co-living units (Sui Generis) and associated communal facilities, and retention of Class E use on the ground floor Church Street frontage

Received
13 April 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Central
  1. Received13 Apr
  2. Validated13 Apr
  3. Consult.20 May
  4. Target7 Jun
  5. Decided17 Jul

Decided in 95 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 1-3 Church Street Peterborough PE1 1XB. Peterborough has handled 1,456 applications of this type. This one was decided in 95 days, 7 weeks longer than Peterborough's typical decision time. The site is in the City Centre, Peterborough conservation area, with 18 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 85 applications across Central. We hold 639 applications in total for the PE1 postcode area.

87% of full applications at Peterborough City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
PE1 1XB
Application type
Planning Application (Full)
Development type
Change of Use Major
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 April 2026
Consultation expiry
20 May 2026
Consultation end
20 May 2026
Target decision date
7 June 2026
Application expires
3 July 2026
Permission expires
16 July 2029

Planning decision

Statutory period
81 days

Publicity

First advertised
30 April 2026
Site notice start
1 May 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14820872
UPRN
100090184215
Documents
50

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: City Centre Conservation Area
  • Listed building: Grade II: 8, Cathedral SquareOn or next to this site · +1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

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, 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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