Planning application
20 Garlic Row Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB5 8HW
Works: Demolition Small domestic
Read from the description, not a valuation. How we read the register
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Demolition of existing single storey buildings and the two storey house at 20 Garlic Row
As published by the council, reference 26/02327/PRIOR
Application record
- Reference
- 26/02327/PRIOR
- Type
- Prior Approval
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Prior Approval Refused
- Received
- 19 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 19 Jun 2026
- Decided
- 13 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Abbey
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- CB5 8HW
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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19 Jun 2026
Received by Cambridge
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13 Jul 2026
Decision issued: Prior Approval Refused
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23 Jul 2026
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Who's behind it
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Carter Jonas LLP Agent
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15 documents on file for this application
- DELEGATED REPORT
- DECISION NOTICE
- ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND GROWTH
- ECOLOGY
- LOCAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY
- APPLICATION FORM - NO PERSONAL INFO
- FEE CALCULATION
- ATTACHMENT SUMMARY FROM PORTAL
- SITE DEMOLITION PLAN
- DEMOLITION METHOD STATEMENT
- COVERING LETTER PDF
- PRELIMINARY TREE CONSTRAINTS PLAN
- PRELIMINARY TREE SURVEY SCHEDULE
- SITE NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR PRIOR APPROVAL FOR DEMOLITION (1)
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER
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Cambridge refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. 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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