Developers aiming to convert the Red House on Station Road to residential accommodation have re-started the process of applying for planning permission.
The site was most recently home to the International Whaling Commission and used for commercial purposes. Permission is needed for the developers, Hawkswren Ltd, to use it for 11 flats.
An earlier application was turned down by officers at Greater Cambridge Shared Planning, partly due to a lack of evidence that all of the buildings on the site were eligible to be included in the ‘change of use’ application submitted.
This latest attempt to gain permission would see one 2-bed property and ten 1-bed units created, with the layout of the site reflecting the plans put forward in the previous application.
The Red House building itself would be turned into four flats. The warehouse behind and a linking building between the two would be converted to create the rest of the homes, and 11 car parking spaces would be provided.
Another reason that planners refused the earlier planning application was the absence of a transport report without which “it isn’t possible to assess whether the new homes would have a negative impact on the road”, planners said. The latest documents include a transport appraisal.
Full details of the application are on the Greater Cambridge Shared Planning website, Ref: 25/00514/PRIOR. The scheduled date for determining the outcome is Tuesday 8 April.
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