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Newnham College, Peile Sidgwick Avenue Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9DF

23/01848/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 3 July 2023

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Works to improve access to Peile Hall including removal of existing external ramp, lowering of existing external door and internal changes to include new lifting platform.

Received
12 May 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Newnham
Agent
R H Partnership Architects (RHP)
  1. Received12 May
  2. Validated12 May
  3. Consult.12 Jun
  4. Target7 Jul
  5. Decided3 Jul

Decided in 52 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Newnham College, Peile Sidgwick Avenue Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9DF. Cambridge has handled 1,534 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 3 days longer than Cambridge's typical decision time. The site is in the West Cambridge conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications 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.

90% of full 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
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
District
Cambridge City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 May 2023
Consultation expiry
22 June 2023
Consultation start
19 May 2023
Consultation end
12 June 2023
Last date for comments
22 June 2023
Target decision date
7 July 2023
Permission expires
3 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
R H Partnership Architects (RHP)
Agent address
94 Chesterton Road Cambridge Cambs CB4 1ER

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
24 May 2023
Advertisement expiry
15 June 2023
Site notice start
1 June 2023
Site notice end
22 June 2023

Additional information

Documents
19
Constraints
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: West Cambridge
  • Listed building: Grade II: Katharine Stephen Rare Books LibraryOn this site · +10 more
  • 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.

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

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Associated applications

  1. 2023
    12 May

    Conversion of existing laundry to incorporate accessible wc and reconfiguration of laundry to include opening…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside23/01836/LBC
  2. 2023
    12 May

    Works to improve access to Peile Hall including removal of existing external ramp, lowering of existing…

    This applicationApprovedFull23/01848/FUL

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    3 Oct

    T877: Sequoiadendron giganteum (Giant Redwood) - Fell (dead)

    ApprovedWorks to CA trees25/1096/TTCA

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