Planning application
36 Wilberforce Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0EQ
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
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
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Granted Permission
- Received
- 18 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 12 Jan 2026
- Decided
- 8 Oct 2026
- Ward
- Newnham
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- CB3 0EQ
Site history
Applications at this address on the Cambridge register
This site has had 2 applications since 2022: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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20/04076/CONDB Granted
36 Wilberforce Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0EQ
Submission of details required by condition 17 (External Material) of planning permission 20/04076/FUL
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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8 Oct 2026
Decision issued: Granted Permission
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
22 applications on PlanIndex · across 5 councils · 86% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
74 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
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Cambridge granted permission on 8 October 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
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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