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Vitrum Building St Johns Innovation Park Cowley Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 0WS

23/01509/NMA1Non-Material AmendmentApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 11 June 2024

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Non-Material Amendment on application 23/01509/FUL to amend the trigger of Condition 13 Public Art and Condition 22 BRE Design Stage. The proposed changes to Condition 13 reflect discussions between the applicant and the Local Planning Authority and align with the aspirations of the Council for the delivery of Public Art. The proposed changes to Condition 22 will allow submission within 12 months of commencement of the substructure of the development.

Received
24 May 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Milton & Waterbeach
  1. Received24 May
  2. Validated24 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target21 Jun
  5. Decided11 Jun

Decided in 18 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Vitrum Building St Johns Innovation Park Cowley Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 0WS. Cambridge has handled 195 applications of this type. This one was decided in 18 days, 4 weeks quicker than Cambridge's typical decision time. There have been 17 other applications at this address. We hold 1,504 applications in total for the CB4 postcode area.

90% of amendment 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
CB4 0WS
Application type
Non-Material Amendment
Scale / size
Small
District
South Cambridgeshire District Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 May 2024
Target decision date
21 June 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Sphere 25
Agent address
5 Rayleigh Road Shenfield Brentwood CM13 1AB

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Documents
8
Constraints
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Planning history at this site

8 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    22 Apr

    Submission of details required by condition 9 (Building Management Plan) of planning permission 23/01487/FUL

    PendingDischarge of conditions23/01487/COND9
  2. 2025
    22 Dec

    Submission of details required by condition 11 (external materials) of planning permission 23/01487/FUL

    Discharge Condition in FullDischarge of conditions23/01487/COND11A
  3. 2025
    22 Dec

    Non-material amendment to planning permission 24/02719/S73

    ApprovedNon-material amendment24/02719/NMA1
  4. 2025
    24 Nov

    Non material amendment of planning permission 23/01487/FUL

    PendingNon-material amendment23/01487/NMA3
  5. 2025
    3 Nov

    Submission of details required by condition 21 (Lighting design strategy for biodiversity) of planning…

    Discharge Condition in FullDischarge of conditions23/01487/COND21
  6. 2025
    23 Jul

    Submission of details required by condition 16 (arboricultural method statement and tree protection plan) of…

    Discharge Condition in FullDischarge of conditions23/01487/COND16B

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