Planning application
7 Milton Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 1UY
Works: New dwelling
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Change of use of the ground floor front commercial unit from Class E to Class C3, creating two self-contained one-person residential flats (one studio flat and one, one bedroom flat).
As published by the council, reference 26/02125/PRIOR
Application record
- Reference
- 26/02125/PRIOR
- Type
- Prior Approval
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Prior Approval Given
- Received
- 8 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 8 Jun 2026
- Decided
- 3 Aug 2026
- Ward
- West Chesterton
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- CB4 1UY
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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8 Jun 2026
Received by Cambridge
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23 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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3 Aug 2026
Decision issued: Prior Approval Given
Who's behind it
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Planning by Design Agent, a planning consultancy registered in London
Active · incorporated 2021 · London
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See their track recordSunrise Business Park Limited Applicant, registered in Cambridge
Active · incorporated 2011 · Cambridge
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
20 documents on file for this application
- DECISION NOTICE
- DELEGATED REPORT
- ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND GROWTH
- LOCAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY
- WASTE - SHARED SERVICE
- DRAINAGE
- CONSERVATION
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER
- MAP OF NOTIFIED NEIGHBOURS
- SITE NOTICE
- APPLICATION FORM - NO PERSONAL INFO
- FEE CALCULATION
- ATTACHMENT SUMMARY FROM PORTAL
- PROPOSED BLOCK PLAN
- EXISTING AND PROPOSED PLANS
- SITE LOCATION PLAN
- EXISTING BLOCK PLAN
- PROPOSED ELEVATIONS
- EXISTING ELEVATIONS
- PLANNING STATEMENT
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Cambridge granted permission on 3 August 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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