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Whittle Laboratory Department Of Engineering 1 J J Thomson Avenue Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0DY

25/00033/NMA1Non-Material AmendmentApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 2 September 2025

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Non material amendment on application 25/00033/S73 to: Changes to the Drawings (Condition 2) is required to remove the parking spaces, excluding the two accessible parking spaces. Changes to Condition 16 (Electric vehicle charging points) to reflect the removal of the parking spaces, excluding the two accessible parking spaces. Changes to Condition 28 (BREEAM Post Construction) to reflect that part of the Whittle building will be complete and occupied before the end of the construction period.

Received
14 July 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Newnham
  1. Received14 Jul
  2. Validated14 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target11 Aug
  5. Decided2 Sep

Decided in 50 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Whittle Laboratory Department Of Engineering 1 J J Thomson Avenue Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0DY. Cambridge has handled 195 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days. There are no previous applications recorded 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 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
CB3 0DY
Application type
Non-Material Amendment
Scale / size
Small
District
Cambridge City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 July 2025
Target decision date
11 August 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Head of Estates
Agent address
Greenwich House Madingley Road Cambridge CB3 0TX

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Documents
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
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.

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.

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