Planning application
69 - 71 Lensfield Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1EN
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Change of use from Use Class E to Use Class C3 on first and second floors to create 3no dwellings.
As published by the council, reference 26/01684/PRIOR
Application record
- Reference
- 26/01684/PRIOR
- Type
- Prior Approval
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Prior Approval Given
- Received
- 5 May 2026
- Validated
- 5 May 2026
- Decided
- 30 Jun 2026
- Ward
- Market
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- CB2 1EN
Site history
Applications at this address on the Cambridge register
This site has had 2 applications since 2026: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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26/01684/CONDA Awaiting decision
69 - 71 Lensfield Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1EN
Submission of details required by condition 5 (Alternative Ventilation Scheme) of Prior Approval 26/01684/PRIOR
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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5 May 2026
Received by Cambridge
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30 Jun 2026
Decision issued: Prior Approval Given
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23 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
1 later application on the register refers to this one:
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26/01684/CONDA Awaiting decision
69 - 71 Lensfield Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1EN
Submission of details required by condition 5 (Alternative Ventilation Scheme) of Prior Approval 26/01684/PRIOR
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
NP Architects Agent, an architecture practice
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
30 documents on file for this application
- DECISION NOTICE
- DELEGATED REPORT
- CONDITION AGREEMENT
- ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND GROWTH
- LOCAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY
- DRAINAGE
- HISTORIC ENGLAND
- CONSERVATION
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER
- MAP OF NOTIFIED NEIGHBOURS
- SITE NOTICE
- FEE CALCULATION
- APPLICATION FORM - NO PERSONAL INFO
- ATTACHMENT SUMMARY FROM PORTAL
- FLOOD RISK - PART 2
- FLOOD RISK - PART 3
- FLOOD RISK - PART 4
- FLOOD RISK - PART 5
- ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT - CONTAMINATION
- FLOOD RISK - PART 1
- LOCATION PLAN
- EXISTING AND PROPOSED SITE AND BLOCK PLAN
- EXISTING FLOOR PLANS AND SECTIONS
- EXISTING ELEVATIONS
- PROPOSED FLOOR PLANS AND SECTIONS
- PROPOSED ELEVATIONS
- PLANNING STATEMENT
- COVERING LETTER
- NOISE IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- SUNLIGHT AND DAYLIGHT ASSESSMENT
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Cambridge granted permission on 30 June 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 prior approval applications
Prior approval applies where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, leaving the council only the specific matters the rules name, commonly within 56 days. More in our guide to planning application types.
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