Observatory Streetworks Madingley Road Cambridge Cambrideshire CB3 0TE
Approved on 13 March 2026
Council decision: Prior Approval GivenDelegated (officer decision)4 conditions
Proposal
Installation of 1 no. 18m monopole supporting 6 no. antennas, 1 no. wraparound cabinet, 3 no. cabinets, removal of redundant 11.7m monopole and 1 no. cabinet and retention of 4 no. existing cabinets together with development ancillary thereto.
- Received
- 20 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Cambridge City Council
- Ward
- Newnham
- Agent
- Beacon Communication Services Ltd
- ReceivedReceived20 Jan
- ValidatedValidated20 Jan
- Consult.Consultation18 Feb
- TargetTarget Date16 Mar
- DecidedDecided13 Mar
Decided in 52 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an outline application at Observatory Streetworks Madingley Road Cambridge Cambrideshire CB3 0TE. Cambridge has handled 279 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 3 days longer than Cambridge's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded 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 0TE
- Application type
- Prior Approval
- Scale / size
- Small
- District
- Cambridge City Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 20 January 2026
- Last date for comments
- 18 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 16 March 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Beacon Communication Services Ltd
- Agent address
- 10 Sovereign Park Cleveland Way Hemel Hempstead HP2 7DA
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 55 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 28 January 2026
Additional information
- Documents
- 36
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (24)
flood storage areas, conservation 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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