Cambridge Biomedical Campus Dame Mary Archer Way Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 0AJ

24/01529/NMA1Non-Material AmendmentApproved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 7 May 2025

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Non-material amendment on application 24/01529/REM for minor changes to the internal and external design of 2000 Discovery Drive

Received: 28 March 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Cambridge City Council
Ward: Queen Ediths
Agent: Bidwells LLP

ReceivedReceived28 Mar
ValidatedValidated28 Mar
Consult.Consultation2 May
TargetTarget Date25 Apr
DecidedDecided7 May

Decided in 40 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Cambridge Biomedical Campus Dame Mary Archer Way Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 0AJ. Cambridge has handled 195 applications of this type. This one was decided in 40 days, 9 days quicker than Cambridge's typical decision time. There have been 20 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 141 applications across Queen Ediths. We hold 680 applications in total for the CB2 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: CB2 0AJ
Application type: Non-Material Amendment
Scale / size: Small
District: Cambridge City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 28 March 2025
Last date for comments: 2 May 2025
Target decision date: 25 April 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent: Bidwells LLP
Agent address: Bidwell House Trumpington Road Cambridge CB2 9LD

Planning decision

Statutory period: 28 days

Additional information

Documents: 21

Site constraints

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

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.

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