Land At Bateman Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1JE Data via plota.co.uk

25/02831/FUL - Full Application Approved

Proposal

Alterations to the existing access including Improvements to the roadway by installing an impermeable surface, Introduction of an infiltration trench to provide drainage for the new impermeable surfaces, removal of an existing hedgerow and replacement with planting, provision of additional cycle parking for users of the Plant Growth Laboratory and resurfacing of St Marys Access road with delineation of kerb line for pedestrian route. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
18 Jul 2025
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Consultation
31 Jul 2025
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Approved
10 Mar 2026

Approved on 10 Mar 2026 · Committee Decision (Area/Main) · Last checked 15 Oct 2026

Documents 56

Consultation & comments 29

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PDF GARDEN TRUST COMMENTS Consultee Comments · 15 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF HISTORIC ENGLAND COMMENTS Consultee Comments · 8 Dec 2025 View ↗
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IMG APPLICANT COMMENTS Agent / Applicant Comments · 2 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF APPLICANT COMMENTS Agent / Applicant Comments · 2 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF APPLICANT COMMENTS Agent / Applicant Comments · 2 Dec 2025 View ↗ IMG NEIGHBOUR COMMENT Photographs · 2 Dec 2025 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Third Party Comments · 25 Nov 2025 View ↗
PDF TECHNICAL NOTE CONCERNING WORKS TO THE HEDGE Agent / Applicant Comments · 20 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF REVISED FRA CALCULATIONS Agent / Applicant Comments · 9 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF LOCAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY Consultee Comments · 18 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND GROWTH Consultee Comments · 6 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF TREES Consultee Comments · 5 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF CONSERVATION Consultee Comments · 31 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF MAP OF NOTIFIED NEIGHBOURS Neighbour/Consultee Notification List · 29 Jul 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Associated applications 2

Site constraints 7

Registered park or garden: Botanic Garden, Cambridge
Nationally designated heritage. Its significance and setting carry great weight.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
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 ↗
Also on the record
Local nature reserve 378 m away: Sheep's Green and Coe Fen; 1 listed building within 150 m; National infrastructure project 527 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 1 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.

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Important details

Council
Cambridge
Application type
Full Application
Postcode
CB2 1JE
Received
18 Jul 2025
Validated
18 Jul 2025
Ward
Petersfield
Case officer
Show
Target decision
11 Mar 2026
Decision
Granted Permission
Decision date
10 Mar 2026
Decision level
Committee Decision (Area/Main)
Applicant
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Agent
Head of Estates

How this decision compares

Decided in 235 days from validation, 173 days slower than Cambridge's median of 62 for full applications. Approved, as 90% of full applications here are.

46%decided within 8 weeks
90%approved
10%go to committee

Plota live figures for full applications decided by Cambridge in the last twelve months, from validation. Cambridge decision record →

Public comments

21comments received
21 objecting

100% object · above the UK average of 74%

54 neighbours consulted · Last counted 15 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Site or press notice
31 Jul 2025
Committee
4 Mar 2026
Statutory expiry
12 Sept 2025
Env. assessment
No
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
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
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