Planning application
Alex Wood House 3A Fortescue Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 2JS
Works: Extension
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Extension of existing care home to link to a redundant office block and convert to create additional care beds and ancillary spaces.
As published by the council, reference 26/01925/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 26/01925/FUL
- Type
- Full Application
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 21 May 2026
- Validated
- 21 May 2026
- Ward
- Arbury
- Postcode
- CB4 2JS
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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21 May 2026
Received by Cambridge
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23 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 16 July 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 52 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
ADG Architects Ltd Agent, an architecture practice registered in Darlington
Active · incorporated 2013 · Darlington
63 applications on PlanIndex · across 30 councils · 93% granted
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See their track recordDocuments
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
48 documents on file for this application
- PLACE SERVICES - TREES
- ECOLOGY
- TREE COMMENTS
- FILE COPY OF AMENDMENT LETTER
- BIODIVERSITY NET GAIN METRIC
- BNG REPORT FULL ASSESSMENT
- EMAIL WITH ADDITIONAL BNG INFORMATION
- ARBORICULTURAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- EMAIL WITH ATTACHED ARBORICULTURAL INFORMATION
- DRAINAGE
- SUSTAINABILITY
- PLACE SERVICES - TREES
- FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT AND DRAINAGE REPORT
- EMAIL WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (FRA)
- FILE COPY OF AMENDMENT LETTER
- LOCAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY
- ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND GROWTH
- ECOLOGY
- DRAINAGE
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER
- MAP OF NOTIFIED NEIGHBOURS
- FEE CALCULATION
- APPLICATION FORM - NO PERSONAL INFO
- ATTACHMENT SUMMARY FROM PORTAL
- VIABILITY STATEMENT
- ENERGY AND WATER EFFICIENCY STATEMENT
- DESKTOP UTILITY SEARCH
- BIODIVERSITY NET GAIN ASSESSMENT
- PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR PLAN
- PROPOSED FIRST FLOOR PLAN
- EXISTING BUILDING ONE FIRST FLOOR PLAN
- PROPOSED SECTIONS
- EXISTING BUILDING ONE GROUND FLOOR PLAN
- LOCATION SITE PLAN
- EXISTING BUILDING TWO FLOOR PLANS
- PROPOSED NORTH EAST AND NORTH WEST ELEVATIONS
- EXISTING BUILDING ONE ELEVATIONS
- EXISTING BUILDING TWO ELEVATIONS
- PROPOSED SITE PLAN
- DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT
- INFILTRATION TESTING LETTER REPORT
- INTERNAL DAYLIGHT ASSESSMENT REPORT
- NOISE IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- SOAKAWAY TESTING CALCULATION
- TRANSPORT STATEMENT
- UTILITY SURVEY
- DRAINAGE STRATEGY REPORT PAGE 1-52
- DRAINAGE STRATEGY REPORT PAGE 53-104
Trade members open them from here.
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