Rare Books Library Newnham College Sidgwick Avenue Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9DF
Approved on 13 March 2024
Council decision: Discharge Condition in FullDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Submission of details required by conditions 3 (minor variations) and 4a (new bricks), 4b (mortar) and 4c (louvre) of Listed Building consent 23/00421/LBC
- Received
- 5 February 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Cambridge City Council
- Ward
- Newnham
- Agent
- van Heyningen and Haward Architects
- ReceivedReceived5 Feb
- ValidatedValidated5 Feb
- Consult.Consultation12 Mar
- TargetTarget Date1 Apr
- DecidedDecided13 Mar
Decided in 37 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an application to discharge conditions at Rare Books Library Newnham College Sidgwick Avenue Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9DF. Cambridge has handled 1,195 applications of this type. This one was decided in 37 days, 12 days quicker than Cambridge's typical decision time. The site is in the West Cambridge conservation area, with 8 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 188 applications across Newnham. We hold 690 applications in total for the CB3 postcode area.
97% of conditions applications at Cambridge City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- CB3 9DF
- Application type
- Condition request
- Scale / size
- Small
- District
- Cambridge City Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 5 February 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 14 February 2024
- Last date for comments
- 12 March 2024
- Target decision date
- 1 April 2024
- Permission expires
- 13 March 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- van Heyningen and Haward Architects
- Agent address
- 1a Harmood Street London NW1 8DN
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 14 February 2024
- Site notice start
- 20 February 2024
Additional information
- Documents
- 23
- Constraints
- 4
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: West Cambridge
- Tree Preservation Order: Ref 24/1988Protected tree on or next to this site
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)
flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.
A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.
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