Planning application
1 Barton Close Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9LQ
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Change of use for existing 6-bedroom house in multiple occupation (Use Class C4) into a 8 bed, 8 person large HMO (sui generis use) and minor external amendments - part retrospective.
As published by the council, reference 26/00797/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00797/FUL
- Type
- Full Application
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted Permission
- Received
- 2 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 2 Mar 2026
- Decided
- 7 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Newnham
- Decision by
- Committee Decision (Area/Main)
- Postcode
- CB3 9LQ
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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2 Mar 2026
Received by Cambridge
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7 Jul 2026
Decision issued: Granted Permission
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23 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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
31 documents on file for this application
- DECISION NOTICE
- COMMITTEE REPORT
- AGENT/APPLICANT PUBLIC SPEAKING LETTER
- 10 BARTON CLOSE
- 10 BARTON CLOSE
- SOUTH NEWNHAM NEIGHBOURHOOD FORUM
- 38 BARTON ROAD
- 38 BARTON ROAD
- 57 BARTON ROAD
- 57 BARTON ROAD
- 9 BARTON CLOSE
- 8 BARTON CLOSE
- 38 BARTON ROAD
- DRAINAGE
- LOCAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY
- ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND GROWTH
- CONSERVATION
- WASTE - SHARED SERVICE
- WASTE - SHARED SERVICE
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER
- MAP OF NOTIFIED NEIGHBOURS
- SITE NOTICE
- PLANNING STATEMENT - 1 BARTON CLOSE
- APPLICATION FORM - 1 BARTON CLOSE
- LOCATION AND SITE PLAN 1 BARTON CLOSE
- BIN ALLOCATIONS PLAN
- EXISTING AND PROPOSED FLOOR PLANS
- EXISTING AND PROPOSED ELEVATIONS AND ROOF PLAN
- WOLFSON COLLEGE ACCOMMODATION LETTER
- WOLFSON COLLEGE ACCOMMODATION NEEDS STATEMENT
- HERITAGE STATEMENT
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Cambridge granted permission on 7 July 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.
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