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Downing Site, Department Of Genetics Tennis Court Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 3EH

25/00595/NMA1Non-Material AmendmentRefused
Discharge / amendments

Refused on 18 March 2026

Council decision: Refused PermissionDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Non material amendment on application 25/00595/FUL for revised route for pipework entering the building as detailed within the application and the submission of conditions 4 and 5.

Received
18 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Market
  1. Received18 Feb
  2. Validated18 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target18 Mar
  5. Decided18 Mar

Decided in 28 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Downing Site, Department Of Genetics Tennis Court Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 3EH. Cambridge has handled 195 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 3 weeks quicker than Cambridge's typical decision time. The site is in the Central conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 207 applications across Market. 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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Why it was refused

  1. Amendments: o Non material amendment on application 25/00595/FUL for revised route for pipework entering the building as detailed within the application and the submission of conditions 4 and 5. Having compared the revised information with the approved plans, it is concluded that the amendments listed above would materially impact the development upon its surroundings and upon policy objectives and therefore cannot be accepted as a non-material amendment to the original permission.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
CB2 3EH
Application type
Non-Material Amendment
Scale / size
Small
District
Cambridge City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 February 2026
Target decision date
18 March 2026

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 that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, 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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© 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.

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