50 Hills Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1LA Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Change of use of the first floor and loft space from Class E (commercial, business and service) to a single dwellinghouse within Class C3(a). Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Refused on 5 Nov 2025 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 12 Oct 2026
Documents 15
Decision & officer reports 2
Statements & assessments 3
Application forms 2
Consultation & comments 5
Site constraints 6
Checked on 2 November 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.
Sales history 1
Last sold for £482,000 in March 2023. Other property, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in October 2022, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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Important details
- Council
- Cambridge
- Application type
- Prior Approval
- Postcode
- CB2 1LA
- Received
- 16 Sept 2025
- Validated
- 16 Sept 2025
- Ward
- Market
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 11 Nov 2025
- Decision
- Prior Approval Refused
- Decision date
- 5 Nov 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- SA Design Consultants Ltd
- Freehold owner
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 50 days from validation, about the council's usual 50 days. Refused, as 15% of prior approvals here are.
Plota live figures for prior approvals decided by Cambridge in the last twelve months, from validation. Cambridge decision record →
Public comments
No public comments yet.
17 neighbours consulted · Last counted 12 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Site or press notice
- 30 Sept 2025
- Statutory expiry
- 11 Nov 2025
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
27 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Previous applications at this address
Nearby activity
Cambridge is one of the fastest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #21 out of 296. Only 26% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (94%) than the national average (90%).
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use
Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.
Freehold owner: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.
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