Mowbray Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB1
- Bedrooms
- 1
- Bathrooms
- 2
Description
An opportunity to purchase a building plot in a central location offering excellent access to Cambridge City centre, benefitting from Full Planning Permission to construct a circa 800sq ft, single storey one bedroom house with parking.
Location
Mowbray Road is a highly regarded, tree-lined residential street on the south side of Cambridge, ideally placed for Addenbrooke’s Hospital, the Biomedical Campus, and excellent schooling at all levels.
Everyday amenities are close by, including a Co-op within minutes, a larger Sainsbury’s just over a mile away, and the independent cafés, shops, and pubs of Mill Road and Romsey within easy reach. Green spaces such as Cherry Hinton Hall, Coldham’s Common, and Coleridge Recreation Ground are also nearby.
Planning Consent
Planning consent was granted on 29th May 2025 by Cambridge City Council under reference: 23/02189/FUL
Method of Sale
The plot is for sale by Private Treaty
Services
Interested parties are to make their own enquiries as to the location and provision of services.
Viewings are strictly by appointment with Carter Jonas New Homes
Map Location
Property details
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Council Tax Band
- TBC
- Date Posted
- 2026-08-28
Utilities & Restrictions
Utilities
- Electricity
- Mains
- Water
- Mains
- Heating
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- Broadband
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- Sewerage
- Mains
Rights & Restrictions
- Public Rights of Way
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- Private Rights of Way
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- Listed Property
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- Restrictions
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Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.
Property Features
- Accessibility
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- Parking
- Covered Parking
- Garden
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Beyond the particulars: planning activity, flood history, heritage and ground risks, checked for this exact spot.
Connectivity
Broadband
Fastest speed available at this postcode
5.5 Gbps
Gigabit full fibre
Suitable for
- 4K streaming on every screen
- Full-time home working
- Online gaming & big downloads
Mobile signal
Outdoor predictions; indoor signal depends on building materials.
Ofcom Connected Nations postcode-level predictions. Speeds and signal are modelled, not measured, and vary between addresses and providers.
Signal is the easy part. Planning activity, flood history and protected designations here are in the full report.
Nearest Schools
Primary
- Queen Edith Primary School300 metresOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 394
- Type
- Foundation school
- Morley Memorial Primary School673 metresNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 371
- Type
- Community school
- Queen Emma Primary School891 metresOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 391
- Type
- Foundation school
- Ridgefield Primary School0.8 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 205
- Type
- Foundation school
- The Spinney Primary School1 mileOfsted report card · Jun 2026
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 177
- Type
- Community school
Secondary
- The Netherhall School969 metresNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 1,259
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology0.7 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 13 to 19
- Pupils
- 455
- Type
- University technical college
- Coleridge Community College0.8 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 553
- Type
- Academy converter
- St Bede's Inter-Church School0.8 milesOfsted: Outstanding
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 943
- Type
- Academy converter
- Faith
- Church of England/Roman Catholic
- Trumpington Community College1.2 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 613
- Type
- Academy converter
Distances are straight-line from the advertised location. Source: the national school registers (DfE, Welsh Government, Scottish Government) and Ofsted.
Schools are just the start: sold prices nearby, planning activity and any flood history are in the full report.
Amenities
Supermarket
GP surgery
Pharmacy
Hospital
Green space
Straight-line distances from the advertised location. Sources: NHS records, Geolytix supermarket locations, OS Open Greenspace and the national trails registers.
The area stacks up? Now check the location itself: planning nearby, protected designations and past flooding.
Getting Around
Nearest station
Nearest bus stop
Typical drive times
Straight-line distances from the advertised location; drive times are typical free-flow times over OpenStreetMap road data, so allow more at peak. Public transport locations from DfT NaPTAN.
Easy to reach matters. So do planning activity, flood history and ground risks: all in the full report.
Flood Risk
From Environment Agency flood map open data, checked around the advertised map pin and allowing for the listed acreage where known. This summary comes from LandSale, the advertising platform, not from the listing agent, and is not part of the agent's particulars. Risk can vary across a single holding, so verify anything critical through your own searches before committing.
Rivers and the sea
Surface water
The detail behind these bandings
The full report pinpoints where this location sits on the flood maps, and runs the deeper checks that usually only surface after an offer.
- Exact flood zones & annual chances (included in the full report)
- Any recorded past flooding (included in the full report)
- Planning activity nearby (included in the full report)
- Heritage & conservation (included in the full report)
- Protected nature designations (included in the full report)
- Ground risks (included in the full report)
- Sold prices nearby (included in the full report)
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Carter Jonas New Homes, Cambridge
The Marque, 141 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8RJ
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