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Former Hotel Felix Whitehouse Lane Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0LX

21/00953/FULFull ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 22 July 2022

Council decision: Refused PermissionPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of existing buildings and erection of a care home (Use Class C2) with external amenity space, access, parking, landscaping and other associated works

Received
1 March 2021
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Girton
  1. Received1 Mar
  2. Validated1 Mar
  3. Consult.5 Jul
  4. Target31 May
  5. Decided22 Jul

Decided in 508 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Former Hotel Felix Whitehouse Lane Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0LX. South Cambridgeshire has handled 5,391 applications of this type. This one was decided in 508 days, 66 weeks longer than South Cambridgeshire's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 57 applications across Girton. We hold 693 applications in total for the CB3 postcode area.

94% of full applications at South Cambridgeshire District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
CB3 0LX
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Large
Parish
Girton CP
District
South Cambridgeshire District Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 March 2021
Consultation expiry
5 July 2021
Consultation start
21 June 2021
Consultation end
5 July 2021
Neighbour consultation end
4 May 2021
Last date for comments
5 July 2021
Target decision date
31 May 2021
Committee meeting
13 July 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent
Bidwells
Agent address
Bidwell House Trumpington Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 9LD

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
21 April 2021
Advertisement expiry
21 May 2021
Site notice start
30 April 2021
Site notice end
24 May 2021

Appeal

Appeal reference
22/00587/REFUSL
Appeal status
Appeal decided
Appeal result
Appeal Allowed

Appeal history

3307903
Allowed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: InquiryDecision: 2 June 2023Dev Type: Major dwellingsReason: Refusal
Green Belt

Additional information

Documents
226
Constraints
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO 0027 (2003)Part of the site · +1 more
  • Green belt: South CambridgeshirePart of the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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.

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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Associated applications

  1. 2025
    19 Sep

    Submission of details required by conditions 5 (arboricultural method statement and tree protection strategy…

    Discharge Condition in FullDischarge of conditions21/00953/CONDA
  2. 2025
    19 Sep

    Non material amendment on application 21/00953/FUL

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentAmendment21/00953/NMA1
  3. 2021
    1 Mar

    Demolition of existing buildings and erection of a care home (Use Class C2) with external amenity space…

    This applicationRefusedFull21/00953/FUL

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