Planning application
36 Wilberforce Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0EQ
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Installation of heating, ventilation, and cooling equipment at the property, comprising three air source heat pumps (one serving the swimming pool and two serving the main dwelling) together with a single air conditioning unit serving the gym and family room. The installation of six ventilation outlets and associated internal plant and mechanical equipment located within the designated plant rooms, together with acoustic screening on the northern elevation. (Retrospective)
As published by the council, reference 25/04905/HFUL
Application record
- Reference
- 25/04905/HFUL
- Type
- Householder Works/Extension
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 18 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 12 Jan 2026
- Ward
- Newnham
- Postcode
- CB3 0EQ
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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18 Dec 2025
Received by Cambridge
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12 Jan 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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23 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 9 March 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Cambridge took a median of 52 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Ashworth Parkes Architects Ltd Agent, an architecture practice registered in Babraham
Active · incorporated 2012 · Babraham
19 applications on PlanIndex · across 5 councils · 93% granted
Trade members see everything this firm has filed, how it was decided, and get an email the day it files again.
See their track recordDocuments
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
72 documents on file for this application
- NEW NOISE ASSESSMENT EVIDENCE LETTER
- ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND GROWTH
- SITE NOTICE
- EOT REQUEST
- SITE NOTICE
- PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR PLAN
- PROPOSED NORTH ELEVATION
- NOISE IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- OBJECTION AND SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS
- OBJECTION AND SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS
- THIRD PARTY OBJECTION
- SUPPORTIVE DOCUMENTATION THIRD PARTY OBJECTION
- ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH COMMENTS
- FILE COPY OF AMENDMENT LETTER
- SITE NOTICE
- EQUIPMENT SPECIFICATION SHEETS
- EQUIPMENT SPECIFICATION SHEETS
- EQUIPMENT SPECIFICATION SHEETS
- EQUIPMENT SPECIFICATION SHEETS
- EQUIPMENT SPECIFICATION SHEETS
- EQUIPMENT SPECIFICATION SHEETS
- BASEMENT LEVEL VENTILATION SERVICES
- GROUND FLOOR VENTILATION SERVICES
- PROPOSED BASEMENT PLAN
- PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR PLAN
- PROPOSED EAST ELEVATION
- PROPOSED SOUTH ELEVATION
- PROPOSED WEST ELEVATION
- PROPOSED NORTH ELEVATION
- EOT REQUEST
- SITE VISIT
- SITE VISIT
- SITE VISIT
- SITE VISIT
- SITE VISIT
- SITE VISIT
- SITE VISIT
- SITE VISIT
- SITE VISIT
- ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
- ADDITIONAL ACOUSTIC INFO
- ADDITIONAL ACOUSTIC INFO
- ADDITIONAL ACOUSTIC INFO
- ADDITIONAL ACOUSTIC INFO
- ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND GROWTH
- EXISTING SOUTH ELEVATION
- EXISTING EAST ELEVATION
- EXISTING WEST ELEVATION
- EXISTING NORTH ELEVATION
- FLOOD RISK MAP
- EXISTING GROUND FLOOR PLAN
- PROPOSED SOUTH ELEVATION
- PROPOSED EAST ELEVATION
- PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR PLAN
- PROPOSED NORTH ELEVATION
- NOISE ASSESSMENT
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER
- MAP OF NOTIFIED NEIGHBOURS
- SITE NOTICE
- INVALID CHASE
- INVALID LETTER
- APPLICATION FORM - NO PERSONAL INFO
- FEE CALCULATION
- ATTACHMENT SUMMARY FROM PORTAL
- LOCATION PLAN
- EXISTING NOISE ASSESSMENT
- AIR CONDITIONING TECHNICAL DATA
- DAIKIN ALTHERMA 3 H HT HEAT PUMP
- BIKE STORE ACOUSTIC SCREEN SKETCH
- BIKE STORE ACOUSTIC SCREEN SKETCH
- SWIMMING POOL VIA HEAT EXCHANGER PLUMBING 1 OF 2
- SWIMMING POOL VIA HEAT EXCHANGER PLUMBING 2 OF 2
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Cambridge for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Cambridge decided householder applications in a median of 56 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About householder applications
Householder applications cover work to an existing house and its garden, such as extensions, lofts and outbuildings, and cannot create a separate dwelling or change what the building is used for. More in our guide to planning application types.
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