Planning application
Edward House 8 Albion Row Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0BH
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
S73 to remove condition 25 (green roof) of ref: 23/02294/FUL (Demolition of a 15 bed care home and construction of a replacement building with 16 No. 1 bedroom Almshouses apartments).
As published by the council, reference 26/02491/S73
Application record
- Reference
- 26/02491/S73
- Type
- Section 73 - Remove/Vary Condition
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 1 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 1 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Castle
- Postcode
- CB3 0BH
Site history
Applications at this address on the Cambridge register
This site has had 3 applications since 2024: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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23/02294/CONF Awaiting decision
Edward House 8 Albion Row Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0BH
Submission of details required by condition 8 (External Materials), 9 (Sample Panel) and 10 (Hard and Soft Landscaping) of planning permission 23/02294/FUL
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23/02294/CONDA Granted
Edward House 8 Albion Row Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0BH
Submission of details required by conditions 3 (traffic management plan), 6 (airborne dust), 7 (arboricultural method statement) and 11 (bat and swift boxes) of planning permission 23/02294/FUL
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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1 Jul 2026
Received by Cambridge
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23 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 26 August 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.
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
- Application: 23/02294/FUL (Decided)
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Mole Architects Ltd Agent, an architecture practice registered in Ely
Active · incorporated 2002 · Ely
14 applications on PlanIndex · across 3 councils · 90% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
17 documents on file for this application
- LOCAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY
- URBAN DESIGN
- ECOLOGY
- LANDSCAPE
- ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND GROWTH
- WASTE - SHARED SERVICE
- CONSERVATION
- LOCAL LEAD FLOOD AUTHORITY
- SUSTAINABILITY
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER
- MAP OF NOTIFIED NEIGHBOURS
- SITE NOTICE
- ANGLIAN WATER
- APPLICATION FORM - NO PERSONAL INFO
- FEE CALCULATION
- ATTACHMENT SUMMARY FROM PORTAL
- CONDITION 25 REMOVAL NOTE
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