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Clare College, Old Court Trinity Lane Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1TL

24/01047/LBCListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 14 May 2024

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Replacement lightning protection installation to Old Court as part of works to re-slate roofs under application 18/0125/LBC.

Received
20 March 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Newnham
  1. Received20 Mar
  2. Validated20 Mar
  3. Consult.10 May
  4. Target15 May
  5. Decided14 May

Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application at Clare College, Old Court Trinity Lane Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1TL. Cambridge has handled 153 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 6 days longer than Cambridge's typical decision time. The site is in the Central conservation area, with 11 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 188 applications across Newnham. We hold 680 applications in total for the CB2 postcode area.

95% of heritage 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
CB2 1TL
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
District
Cambridge City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 March 2024
Consultation expiry
3 April 2024
Last date for comments
10 May 2024
Target decision date
15 May 2024
Permission expires
14 May 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
Freeland Rees Roberts
Agent address
25 City Road Cambridge CB1 1DP

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
3 April 2024
Site notice start
18 April 2024

Additional information

Documents
23
Constraints
22

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Historic Core
  • Listed building: Grade I: Clare College, Clare BridgeOn this site · +9 more
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 07/2012Part of the site
  • Registered park and garden: Clare CollegePart of the site · +2 more
Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, 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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