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

25/02981/LBCListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 23 September 2025

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Removal of modern partition wall on first floor.

Received
30 July 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Newnham
  1. Received30 Jul
  2. Validated30 Jul
  3. Consult.4 Sep
  4. Target24 Sep
  5. Decided23 Sep

Decided in 55 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 55 days, 6 days longer than Cambridge's typical decision time. The site is in the West Cambridge conservation area, with 4 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
30 July 2025
Consultation expiry
13 August 2025
Last date for comments
4 September 2025
Target decision date
24 September 2025

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
13 August 2025
Site notice start
6 August 2025

Additional information

Documents
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: West Cambridge
  • Listed building: Raised Faculty Block, Cambridge UniversityOn or next to this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage 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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