59 Hills Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1NT Data via plota.co.uk

25/03670/ADV - Advert Consent Approved
Signs & adverts

Proposal

Installation of 1 No. self-illuminating fascia sign, 1 No. non-illuminating fascia sign, 1 No. externally illuminating hanging sign and 1 No. self-illuminating menu case. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
22 Sept 2025
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Approved
4 Dec 2025

Approved on 4 Dec 2025 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 12 Oct 2026

Documents 17

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF DELEGATED REPORT Application Committee / Delegated Report · 4 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF DECISION NOTICE Application Decision Notice · 4 Dec 2025 View ↗

Application forms 2

PDF APPLICATION FORM - NO PERSONAL INFO Application Information · 22 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF FEE CALCULATION Application Information · 22 Sept 2025 View ↗

Consultation & comments 7

PDF LOCAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY Consultee Comments · 24 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND GROWTH Consultee Comments · 21 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF BNE - CONSERVATION Consultee Comments · 19 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF LOCAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY Consultee Comments · 21 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND GROWTH Consultee Comments · 16 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF BNE - CONSERVATION Consultee Comments · 3 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF MAP OF NOTIFIED NEIGHBOURS Neighbour/Consultee Notification List · 30 Sept 2025 View ↗

Other documents 6

PDF EOT REQUEST Extension of Time Request · 14 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF EMAIL ENC. ADDITIONAL LUMINANCE AND SIGNAGE INFORMATION Application Information · 12 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER Application Officer Correspondence · 30 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF RECEIPT Application Officer Correspondence · 25 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF APPLICATION VALID Application Officer Correspondence · 25 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF ATTACHMENT SUMMARY FROM PORTAL Attachment Summary · 22 Sept 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 7

New Town And Glisson Road conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Air quality management area: Cambridge AQMA
The council has declared the area as failing an air quality objective.
Schemes that add traffic, parking or combustion plant are assessed against the area's action plan and may need an air quality assessment.
Council record ↗
Registered park or garden 27 m away: Botanic Garden, Cambridge
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
3 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: War Memorial, Grade II, 28 m away · 3 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
Also on the record
National infrastructure project 378 m away: East West Rail - Bedford to Cambridge and Western improvements, at pre-application; Inside the Cambridge (Cambridge) built-up area; Priority habitat 27 m away: Deciduous woodland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

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.

Building

Floor area289 m² (3,111 sq ft)
Energy ratingE (asset rating 116)
UseA3/A4/A5 Restaurant and Cafes/Drinking Establishments and Hot Food takeaways
HeatingAir Conditioning

From the energy performance certificate lodged in September 2017, 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
Advert Consent
Postcode
CB2 1NT
Received
22 Sept 2025
Validated
22 Sept 2025
Ward
Petersfield
Case officer
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Target decision
5 Dec 2025
Decision
Granted Permission
Decision date
4 Dec 2025
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
JVH Architects

How this decision compares

Decided in 73 days from validation, 18 days slower than Cambridge's median of 55 for signs and adverts. Approved, as 88% of signs and adverts here are.

68%decided within 8 weeks
88%approved
94decided in the last year

Plota live figures for signs and adverts decided by Cambridge in the last twelve months, from validation. Cambridge decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

33 neighbours consulted · Last counted 12 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
17 Nov 2025
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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2025
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2025
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2025 Refused
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Pavement O/S 90 Hills Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1LN
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2025 Refused
Pavement O/S 90 Hills Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1LN
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2025 Refused
Pavement O/S 90 Hills Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1LN
Installation of 1no. BT Street Hub and removal of associated BT payphones.
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2024 Approved
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2024 Approved
Prowler I O 72 - 80 Hills Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1LA
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2024 Decided
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2024 Decided
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T529 (No. 73): Silver Birch x16ms - Top and fell as causing structural damage to wall. T4…
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2024 Withdrawn
59 Hills Road And 1 Station Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1NT
Installation of 2 No. outdoor A.C condensing units in the rear yard and new self-illumina…
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2024 Withdrawn
59 Hills Road And 1 Station Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1NT
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2021 Withdrawn
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T510 Oriental Plane (circled in red on accompanying Tree Location Plan) - Reduce limb ove…
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2021 Withdrawn
Highsett Hills Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire
T510 Oriental Plane (circled in red on accompanying Tree Location Plan) - Reduce limb ove…
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2024 Approved
63 Highsett Hills Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1NZ
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Erection of open ended canopy/blind over shopfront.
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2018 Approved
7 Station Road Cambridge CB1 2JB
Erection of open ended canopy/blind over shopfront.
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2018 Approved
Highsett Hills Road Cambridge CB2 1NX
T6b, T11, T13 and T15 - Limes - re-pollard.
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2018 Approved
Highsett Hills Road Cambridge CB2 1NX
T6b, T11, T13 and T15 - Limes - re-pollard.
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2018 Approved
Highsett Hills Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire
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Cambridge
Planning Authority Score
8.3/10
Excellent
#18 of 296 councils
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Other decisions

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%).

Among the fastest councils in England
for householder decisions
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Cambridge decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
90%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #108 of 296
94%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #100 of 296
86%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #21 of 296
26%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #34 of 296
74%
Minor dwellings approved
86 decided (1-9 homes)
80%
Major dwellings approved
5 decided (10+ homes)
80%
Change of use approved
41 decided
1,014
Total decisions
100 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

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.