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Sidgwick Site, S13 University Of Cambridge Faculty Of Modern And Medieval Languages Sidgwick Avenue Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9DA

25/00363/LBCListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 28 March 2025

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Removal of existing internal partition, forming of new door and erection of new internal wall along with new AV installation and removal of redundant services.

Received
31 January 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Newnham
  1. Received31 Jan
  2. Validated31 Jan
  3. Consult.5 Mar
  4. Target28 Mar
  5. Decided28 Mar

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application at Sidgwick Site, S13 University Of Cambridge Faculty Of Modern And Medieval Languages Sidgwick Avenue Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9DA. Cambridge has handled 153 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days longer than Cambridge's typical decision time. The site is in the West Cambridge conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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.

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
CB3 9DA
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
District
Cambridge City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 January 2025
Consultation expiry
12 February 2025
Last date for comments
5 March 2025
Target decision date
28 March 2025
Permission expires
28 March 2028

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
12 February 2025
Site notice start
6 February 2025

Additional information

Documents
13

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

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© 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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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    30 Jul

    Removal of modern partition wall on first floor.

    ApprovedListed building consent25/02981/LBC

Source: Cambridge

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