Planning application
84A Water Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 1PA
Works: New dwelling Demolition
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Change of use of existing boatyard to residential, and demolition of existing boathouse followed by installation of a tethered self-build/custom build houseboat and associated works.
As published by the council, reference 26/01125/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 26/01125/FUL
- Type
- Full Application
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 23 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 27 Mar 2026
- Ward
- East Chesterton
- Postcode
- CB4 1PA
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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23 Mar 2026
Received by Cambridge
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27 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 22 May 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
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Art & Architecture Ltd. Agent, an architecture practice registered in Cambridge
Active · incorporated 2015 · Cambridge
12 applications on PlanIndex · across 5 councils
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
94 documents on file for this application
- ENVIRONMENT AGENCY
- DRAINAGE
- FILE COPY OF AMENDMENT LETTER
- ENVIRONMENT AGENCY PERMIT REQUEST
- ENVIRONMENT AGENCY PERMIT REQUEST
- ENVIRONMENT AGENCY PERMIT REQUEST
- EMAIL RE EA PERMIT REQUEST
- EA EMAIL RESPONSE RE PERMITS
- EMAIL 3 - AGENT AND EA REGARDING PERMITS
- AGENT RE SURFACE, FOUL WATER AND FLOODING
- AGENT RESPONSE 1 RE OFFICER COMMENT
- AGENT RESPONSE 2 RE OFFICER COMMENT
- AGENT RESPONSE 3 RE OFFICER COMMENT
- AGENT RESPONSE 4 RE OFFICER COMMENT
- AGENT RESPONSE 5 RE OFFICER COMMENT
- AGENT EMAIL WITH COMMENTS RESPONDING TO OFFICER QUERIES
- HOUSEBOAT LICENCING REQUIREMENTS
- RESPONSE RE LIFESPAN OF MATERIALS
- EMAIL WITH RESPONSE TO OFFICER COMMENTS
- FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT CONCLUSION
- AGENT RESPONSE RE FLOOD RISK
- AGENT RESPONSE RE LIFESPAN
- AGENT RESPONSE RE NETHERLAND EXAMPLES
- FRA FLOOD WARNING AND EVACUATION PLAN (CONTINGENCY PLAN)
- FRA - MTC RESPONSE LETTER
- EMAIL WITH FRA RESPONSE FROM MTC ENGINEERING
- ECOLOGY
- LOCAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY
- TREES
- DRAINAGE
- ENVIRONMENT AGENCY
- BNE - CONSERVATION
- ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND GROWTH
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER
- MAP OF NOTIFIED NEIGHBOURS
- SITE NOTICE
- REVISED LOCATION PLAN
- INVALID LETTER
- APPLICATION FORM - NO PERSONAL INFO
- FEE CALCULATION
- ATTACHMENT SUMMARY FROM PORTAL
- BLOCK PLAN PROPOSED
- BLOCK PLAN EXISTING
- LOCATION AREA
- BIKE SHED
- BOUNDARY TREATMENT
- FLOATING FOUNDATIONS
- CONNECTIONS
- CONSTRUCTION METHODOLOGY
- DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT
- ROOF EAVES
- EXISTING SECTIONS
- FLOATING DETAIL
- FLOATING FRONT VIEW
- FLOOD RESILIENCE
- FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT
- GANGWAYS
- LOCATION AREA
- MOORING AREA
- REINFORCED GRASS AND GRAVEL PATH
- PRELIMINARY ECOLOGICAL APPRAISAL
- PILE GUIDES
- PLAN EXISTING
- EXISTING AND PROPOSED SECTIONS
- RAINWATER HARVEST
- CORRUGATED METAL RIDGE
- RIVER VIEW EXISTING
- RIVER VIEW PROPOSED
- ROOFS AND PERSPECTIVE EXISTING
- PLANNING STATEMENT (SW2)
- THE HOUSEBOAT (SW1)
- TRANSPORT MANAGEMENT PLAN
- UNIT DETAILS
- CORRUGATED METAL ROOF
- SW1A FLOOD ZONES 2 AND 3
- EXISTING CONNECTIONS
- COVERING LETTER
- SW1B FLOOD ZONES 2 AND 3
- PROPOSED FLOOR PLANS
- COVERING LETTER
- SW2 DRAINAGE
- SW2 FRONT VIEW CLOSED
- SW2 FRONT VIEW PROPOSED
- SW2 PHOTOS HOUSEBOATS NETHERLANDS
- SW2 PHOTOS HOUSEBOATS NETHERLANDS 2
- SW2 PROPOSED COLOUR
- SW2 PROPOSED PLAN
- SW2 REFUSE
- SW2 ROOFS AND PERSPECTIVE PROPOSED
- SW2 TOTAL
- SW3 EXISTING VIEWS
- SW3 PROPOSED VIEWS
- LONDON DOCKS PAGE 01
- LONDON DOCKS PAGE 02
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