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Burrells Field Trinity College Grange Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9DH

25/04800/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 24 February 2026

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Installation of a new substation and single storey extension to Maintenance Building for switch room.

Received
10 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Newnham
  1. Received10 Dec
  2. Validated5 Jan
  3. Consult.20 Feb
  4. Target2 Mar
  5. Decided24 Feb

Decided in 50 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at Burrells Field Trinity College Grange Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 9DH. Cambridge has handled 1,534 applications of this type. This one was decided in 76 days, 4 weeks longer 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.

90% of full 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
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
District
Cambridge City Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 January 2026
Consultation expiry
14 January 2026
Last date for comments
20 February 2026
Target decision date
2 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Turley
Agent address
8 Quy Court Colliers Lane Stow Cum Quy

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
14 January 2026
Site notice start
30 January 2026

Additional information

Documents
25

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, 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.

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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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Associated applications

  1. 2026
    22 Jul

    Submission of details required by condition 3 (ecological enhancement scheme) of planning permission…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions25/04800/CONDA
  2. 2025
    10 Dec

    Installation of a new substation and single storey extension to Maintenance Building for switch room.

    This applicationApprovedFull25/04800/FUL

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