18 Geldart Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB1 2LX Data via plota.co.uk

25/03314/HFUL Decided

Proposal

Single story rear extension, velux roof windows, solar panels & air conditioning unit Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
around 4 Sept 2025
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Consultation
12 Sept 2025
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Decided
24 Oct 2025

Decided on 24 Oct 2025 · Last checked 11 Oct 2026

Documents 10

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF DECISION NOTICE Application Decision Notice · 24 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF DELEGATION REPORT Application Committee / Delegated Report · 24 Oct 2025 View ↗

Statements & assessments 1

PDF DESIGN, ACCESS & HERITAGE STATEMENT Design and Access Statement · 21 Aug 2025 View ↗

Application forms 2

PDF APPLICATION FORM - NO PERSONAL INFO Application Information · 21 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF FEE CALCULATION Application Information · 21 Aug 2025 View ↗

Consultation & comments 1

PDF MAP OF NOTIFIED NEIGHBOURS Neighbour/Consultee Notification List · 4 Sept 2025 View ↗

Other documents 4

PDF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER Application Officer Correspondence · 4 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF SITE NOTICE Application Press/Site Notices · 4 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF INVALID LETTER Application Information · 28 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF ATTACHMENT SUMMARY FROM PORTAL Attachment Summary · 21 Aug 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 6

Mill 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 ↗
1 listed building within 150 m
Nearest: Church of St Matthew, Grade II, 45 m away
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.
Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Registered park or garden 160 m away: Mill Road Cemetery; National infrastructure project 438 m away: East West Rail - Bedford to Cambridge and Western improvements, at pre-application; Inside the Cambridge (Cambridge) built-up area.
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.

Sales history 3

Last sold for £815,000 in June 2024. Terraced house, freehold.

4 June 2024£815,000
12 June 2015£615,000
20 December 1996£155,000New build

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

Building

Floor area125 m² (1,345 sq ft)
Energy ratingC (72 out of 100), could reach B
PropertyEnd-terrace house, 7 habitable rooms
Built1991 to 1995
HeatingBoiler and radiators, mains gas
WallsCavity wall, as built, insulated (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in March 2015, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council
Cambridge
Postcode
CB1 2LX
Received
around 4 Sept 2025
Validated
4 Sept 2025
Target decision
30 Oct 2025
Decision date
24 Oct 2025

Public comments

No public comments yet.

19 neighbours consulted · Last counted 11 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Site or press notice
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Statutory expiry
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Cambridge
Planning Authority Score
8.3/10
Excellent
#18 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder 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

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.