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Market Hill Building, St Michael's Court, Gonville And Caius College, Cambridge. 16-21 Market Hill Cambridge CB2 3NR

24/04013/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 18 December 2024

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Replacement of existing roof coverings, removal of redundant chimneys, removal of skylights, demolition of redundant plant enclosures and formation of a new plant space within existing screen walls. Installation of hand rail to parapet.

Received
25 October 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Market
Agent
R H Partnership Architects
  1. Received25 Oct
  2. Validated25 Oct
  3. Consult.11 Dec
  4. Target20 Dec
  5. Decided18 Dec

Decided in 54 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Market Hill Building, St Michael's Court, Gonville And Caius College, Cambridge. 16-21 Market Hill Cambridge CB2 3NR. Cambridge has handled 1,534 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days, 5 days longer than Cambridge's typical decision time. The site is in the Central conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 680 applications in total for the CB2 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).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.See what's approved near your address

Application details

Postcode
CB2 3NR
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
District
Cambridge City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 October 2024
Consultation expiry
6 November 2024
Last date for comments
11 December 2024
Target decision date
20 December 2024
Permission expires
18 December 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
R H Partnership Architects
Agent address
94 Chesterton Road Cambridge CB4 1ER

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
6 November 2024
Site notice start
14 November 2024

Additional information

Documents
42

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2024
    25 Oct

    Replacement of existing roof coverings, removal of redundant chimneys, removal of skylights, demolition of…

    This applicationApprovedFull24/04013/FUL
  2. 2024
    25 Oct

    Replacement of existing roof coverings, removal of redundant chimneys, removal of skylights, demolition of…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside24/04014/LBC

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