Planning application
40 Barton Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9LF
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Change of use for an existing 6-bedroom house in multiple occupation (Use Class C4) into a 7 bed, 7 person large HMO (sui generis use)
As published by the council, reference 26/00641/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00641/FUL
- Type
- Full Application
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 19 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 2 Mar 2026
- Ward
- Newnham
- Postcode
- CB3 9LF
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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19 Feb 2026
Received by Cambridge
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2 Mar 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 27 April 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 53 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
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Bidwells LLP Agent, registered in Cambridge
Active · incorporated 2009 · Cambridge
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
36 documents on file for this application
- 10 BARTON CLOSE
- EOT REQUEST
- EOT REQUEST
- CLLR HUGH CLOUGH CALL IN
- 10 BARTON CLOSE
- 10 BARTON CLOSE
- SOUTH NEWNHAM NF
- 38 BARTON ROAD
- 38 BARTON ROAD
- 57 BARTON ROAD
- 57 BARTON ROAD
- 9 BARTON CLOSE
- 8 BARTON CLOSE
- 38 BARTON ROAD
- LOCAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY
- DRAINAGE
- ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND GROWTH
- WASTE - SHARED SERVICE
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER
- MAP OF NOTIFIED NEIGHBOURS
- CONSERVATION
- SITE NOTICE
- PLANNING STATEMENT - 40 BARTON ROAD
- APPLICATION FORM - 40 BARTON ROAD
- FEE CALCULATION
- ATTACHMENT SUMMARY FROM PORTAL
- WOLFSON COLLEGE ACCOMMODATION LETTER
- BIN ALLOCATIONS PLAN
- WOLFSON COLLEGE ACCOMMODATION NEEDS STATEMENT
- HERITAGE STATEMENT
- EXISTING AND PROPOSED FLOOR PLANS
- EXISTING AND PROPOSED ELEVATIONS AND ROOF PLAN
- EXISTING SITE PLAN
- SITE PLAN
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
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