Marmalade Lane Co-housing
Number/street name:
29 Graham Road
Address line 2:
City:
Cambridge
Postcode:
CB4 2WP
Architect:
Mole Architects Ltd
Architect contact number:
Developer:
TOWN.
Planning Authority:
Cambridge City Council,
Planning Reference:
S/3223/15/FL
Date of Completion:
03/2025
Schedule of Accommodation:
9 x 1 bed apartments, 2 x 2 bed apartments, 13 x 2 bed houses, 7 x 3 bed houses, 10 x 4 bed houses, 1 x 5 bed houses
Tenure Mix:
95% Market sale, 5% Affordable Sale
Total number of homes:
Site size (hectares):
0.87
Net Density (homes per hectare):
48
Size of principal unit (sq m):
76
Smallest Unit (sq m):
46
Largest unit (sq m):
128
No of parking spaces:
52
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The Design Process
The site was in the ownership of Cambridge City Council, although lies within South Cambridgeshire District Council. The City Council with assistance from a central government grant facilitated the formation of a brief from the nascent cohousing community. The sale of the land was via a competition comprising a design and financial offer, with a view to developers working with the cohousing community and South Cambridgeshire planning authority to complete the final design. The competition was won by TOWN/ Mole in August 2015, and planning was submitted in October 2015 following pre-planning negotiations to discuss variations from the local plan to accommodate aspects of the client brief- notably the community's desire to locate cars at the site perimeter. Planning was granted in December 2015.
