Burrells Field Trinity College Grange Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9DH
Approved on 9 December 2025
Council decision: ResponseDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Installation of a proposed substation.
- Received
- 26 November 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Cambridge City Council
- Ward
- Newnham
- ReceivedReceived26 Nov
- ValidatedValidated26 Nov
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date23 Dec
- DecidedDecided9 Dec
Decided in 13 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an outline application at Burrells Field Trinity College Grange Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9DH. Cambridge has handled 279 applications of this type. This one was decided in 13 days, 5 weeks quicker than Cambridge's typical decision time. The site is in the West Cambridge conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications 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.
85% of outline 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 9DH
- Application type
- Permitted Development Notification
- Scale / size
- Small
- District
- Cambridge City Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 26 November 2025
- Target decision date
- 23 December 2025
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 27 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 6
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Conservation area: West Cambridge
Also checked, none recorded (21)
flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, 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.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202629 Oct
Erection of Summerhouse in Trinity College gardens
PendingApplication26/04089/FUL - 202622 Jul
Submission of details required by condition 3 (ecological enhancement scheme) of planning permission…
ApprovedDischarge of conditions25/04800/CONDA - 202510 Dec
Installation of a new substation and single storey extension to Maintenance Building for switch room.
ApprovedFull Application25/04800/FUL
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