Planning application
Edward House 8 Albion Row Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0BH
Works: New dwelling Demolition
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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: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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23/02294/CONF Granted
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 53 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
20 applications on PlanIndex · across 4 councils · 94% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
18 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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Granted Conditions 19 docs -
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